31/5/2016
The president Prof Dr
Maged el Kemary assures during the dream conference for the people with special
abilities that the state pays special attention for the rights of people with
special abilities as the constitution assures the insurance of equal
educational opportunities for healthy people and the disable inside the
educational institutions.
The university has
established database that includes the students with special abilities for easy
communication with them, engaging them in sports activities and training
courses, implementing scientific and recreational trips to raise their
scientific, professional, intellectual and recreational competencies and
working to integrate them with students in science clubs.
As well, he points out
that the roads, streets, sidewalks and constructions at Kafrelsheikh University
are designed to facilitate the life of people with special needs and integrate
them into society through presenting many services and benefits enjoyed by
people with special abilities.
For sidewalks, special
passages from yellow tiles are designed on sidewalks with senior longitudinal
inscription and at the intersection of yellow lines, there are prominent
circles to cross the road through the slope of sidewalk and help the blind for
self-reliance as well as rehabilitate sidewalks for the use of people with
special needs from the wheelchair users and the sidewalks are also eligible for
the elderly.
The elevators and
constructions are also equipped to meet the needs of people with special
abilities in terms of alarms of guidance calling in the elevator audible and
visual and the control keys in the elevator can be used by the persons who use
wheelchairs and the bathrooms are also equipped for the people of special
needs.
Computer lab is equipped
for people with special abilities especially with visual disabilities and a
printer for them for the rehabilitation of students with visual abilities on
the use of computer programs to help them to understand curriculums as well as
facilitate the printing process for the production of scientific researches of
the students. Otherwise, the president points out that this will enable them to
reach the stage of self-reliance and practical training on “Braille” way in
prominent printing, use the sense of hearing to execute commands and give the
order to computer to accomplish the task. In addition, a special suite has been
specified for them in the library of the Faculty of Arts and an office for the
care of people with special abilities and they have get financial support and
have been housed in student housing for free. He assures that the university
management is eager to represent people with special abilities to assume the
leadership positions in the university, so two faculty secretaries are assigned
from the disabled
In the interest of
the university to support the abilities of people with special needs and
rehabilitate them for labor market, so many training courses will be prepared
for them through entrepreneurship unit as well as the organization of training
convoys for the center of the disabled in the province.