THE ADVISER PARIDA ALONG WITH
SENIOR OFFICERS VISITED AT GRIID, SECTOR 31
National
Tele24 NewsChandigarh
The
Adviser to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS along with
senior officers of Chandigarh Administration today visited the Government
Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID),
sector-31, Chandigarh, which is a premier institution in North
India.During the visit, Sh. Parida interacted with the children with
special needs, doctors attending to these children, and reviewed the
educational and vocational training like book-binding, handmade paper making,
Carpentry, Pottery, Masala grinding and candle & chair recaning being
imparted to these children with intellectual disabilities at the
Institute. The Adviser also took a round of the newly constructed Block A
of the Institute. Currently 450 students are enrolled in GRIID for special
education. The newly constructed Block A caters to the needs of the children
with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism and multiple
disabilities. Due to a heavy footfall in students who require services from the
institution, many of them were kept in waiting (waiting list 156), as it became
difficult due to the scarcity of classrooms to ensure appropriate training and
education. The construction of Block A came out as a ray of hope for parents
who wanted to give a bright future to their wards and sought
services from the institution since very long. Block A has 46 rooms with separate room for music,
dance and yoga. It will have dining room on all floors. Block A is equipped
with material that are required to deal with children with disabilities and
conditions associated with them. It has a unit of comprehensive services and
proposes to expand the same in the new block too. With the availability barrier
free classrooms and washrooms, the new block is an epitome of ideal architecture
catering to need of children with disabilities. Block A is also equipped with
elevators as well as ramp ways to assist students who faced difficulty with
walking. Apart from that furniture is also adapted considering needs of the students classrooms are very well equipped with latest teaching materials.
The fire safety of the building has also been ensured by the authorities. The
Adviser also visited the newly constructed Sports Complexes in sector 50 and
56, Chandigarh to ascertain the status of their completion. These sports
complexes have a provision of 2 Squash courts, swimming pool, badminton hall,
multipurpose hall and table tennis hall. Among other officers present
during the visits were Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Finance Secretary, Sh. B.L.
Sharma, IAS, Secretary Education, Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Special Secretary
Home, Sh. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, PCS, Director School Education, Dr B. S.
Chavan, Director GRIID, Sh. Mukesh Anand, Chief Engineer, Sh. Kapil Setia,
Chief Architect and other officials from various Departments of Chandigarh
Administration.
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