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Unit 30: Apex Bodies on Special Education: NIVH, NIOH

Notes

The National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH) of Dehradun is the
most important center in the country for the education and training of the visually
handicapped.

30.3 Objectives of NIOH
National Institute for Orthopedically Handicapped (NIOH) is conduct for the betterment and issue
of physically (orthopedic) handicapped persons. Ministry of social justice and empowerment of
government of India. It has following objectives:
(i) To develop Human Resource (manpower) for providing services to the Orthopaedically
Handicapped population, namely training of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists,
Orthotic and Prosthetic.
(ii) Employment and Placement Officers and Vocational Counsellor etc.
(iii) To conduct and sponsor research in all aspects relsated to the rehabilitation of the
Orthopaedically handicapped.
(iv) To provide servfices in the area of rehabilitation, restorative surgery, aids and appliances
and vovation training to the persons with disability.
(v) To standerdize aids and appliances and to promote their manufacturinf and distribution.
(vi) To provide consultancy to the State Government and voluntary agencies. To serve as an apex
documentation and information centre in the area of disability and rehabilitation.

What are the function of NIVH?

30.4 Objective of RTI about Disability

• To promote transparency and accountability in the various activities of NIOH
• To set up a partical regime or Right to Information in order to promote openness for giving
citizens access to information that is under the control of NIOH.
• To disseminate every piece of information related to NIOH as prescribed in the Gazette of India
(The Right to Information Act, 2005).
Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False':
(i) The objective of RTI to promote transparency and accountability in the various activities of
NIOH.
(ii) The initiative of right to information has not come from group and communities demanding
from the government, its agencies and departments.

30.5 Summary

• The National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH) at Dehradun is an apex body in
the field of Education and Rehabilitation of the Visually Handicapped in India under the Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
• National Institute for the Orthopaediaclly Handicapped is an apex organization in the area of
locomotor disability Orthopaedically Handicapped) which came into the nations' service since
1978 as an autonomous body under the ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Government of India.

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