Thirteen electric wheelchairs were distributed among the differently-abled students of four universities, under the Prime Minister’s Electric Wheelchair Scheme for the university students. In this regard, a ceremony was organised at the Jinnah Auditorium of Government College Women University Faisalabad (GCWUF), here on Monday. Dr Shaista Sohail, Executive Director Higher Education Commission (HEC), attended the ceremony as the chief guest. She gave away wheelchairs to 13 students of Government College Women University Faisalabad (GCWUF), University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) and Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Faisalabad campus.
Dr Shaista explained vision of the government behind the programme saying that the scheme was initially launched for 600 students of all Pakistani universities. Until now, total 605 students had received these customised electric wheelchairs, which were designed by keeping in view special needs of users, she explained. She said that the number of students with special needs was still very high and the government of Pakistan was going to launch its second phase very soon to provide this facility to all remaining students also. —APP
