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DU, Delhi University is planning to provide smart phones, hearing gear and wheelchairs to physically impaired students from this year so as to empower them. 

PWD reservation:-

Three per cent of seats in each course for such students are reserved in the university. They also get five per cent relaxation in cut-off. Five per cent seats are reserved in the DU hostel also for physically disabled. 

Anil Aneja, officer on special duty (OSD), EOC said, ''The students have already been provided laptops and now we will give them accessible smart phones, canes, wheelchair and hearing gear. These will be provided through the central government's Assistance for Person with Disability (ADIP) scheme.

Who all will come under this category?

Students with more than 40 per cent disability, will be considered for the reservation in this category. Starting this year, they will be required to upload self-attested copies of disability certificates with the registration form. Till now, around 468 candidates in the category have applied to DU.

Bipin Tiwari, EOC OSD said, ''We are getting a lot of query on dyslexia being included in the disabled category. This is included in the locomotor orthopaedic disability. DU will only accept a certificate from the government hospital as a proof of disability''.

It has been reported, that after the cut-off policy underwent a change last year, enrolment of students in this category has increased. Although the admission process has been made online by DU, the EOC has been helping such students to fill the form.