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Vol.1 Issue 60 OCTOBER 2023 ELITE

where it documents all the details
concerning every single disabled
student, regarding their disability, how

they take their exams, if they need aid
during the day or in the exams

themselves and then they coordinate
with the professors and teaching

assistants regarding those matters. regarding the “Nour” application that
According to a resolution by the the IDSC is trying to create for

Education Affairs council and was providing curriculums in formats
ratified by the faculty council in suitable for the disabled. That
October 2022 to facilitate the cooperation also opens the doors for

examination process f the disabled student volunteers who would like to
students. The faculty also cooperates help their colleagues. The unit also

with other establishments and provides amenities, like electric
institutions in regards to the affairs of wheelchairs, modern hearing aids and
the students like the Taha Hussein Hall magnifying devices but it all depends on

in the Central Library and also the the donations available. Besides the
Cairo University Centre for Service and exemption from the tuition fees, the

Support of People with Disabilities in faculty also tries to provide the
terms of using the electronics and other information of certain financially

amenities like tablets that the faculty incapable students to some charities.
actually provides for its disabled

students. Dr. Ibrahim also talked about After that, the discussion panel was
the coordination with the Information open to questions the students and
and Decision Support Center (IDSC) attendees regarding what was said and

the panel was very welcome to all

suggestions and ideas that would help
put the faculty’s best foot forward to
improve the experience of disabled

students, their integration and their
involvement in the achievement of the

SDGs.

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