Corporate houses to get tax exemption if disabled people employed: PM
Sunday, 27 December 2009
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina warned that stern action would be taken if anyone is found guilty of depriving physically and mentally challenged children of admission to mainstream schools.
She said that the government would consider tax exemption for those corporate institutions and private entrepreneurs that would employ disabled people in their respective institutions, reports UNB.
The PM was addressing a function arranged on the occasion of the '18th International Day of Persons with Disability' at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city Saturday.
Held with Social Welfare Secretary Kamrun Nesa in the chair, the function was also addressed by Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haq Mustafa Shaheed, Adviser to the PM Dr Syed Mudasser Ali and National Disable Forum's Chairperson Jahurul Alam.
This year's theme of the day is 'Incorporation in the Millennium Development Goals and Empowerment of Disabled Community'.
Hasina, in her address, reaffirmed her government's strong commitment to remove all types of social and economic problems of the disabled community in the country.
"If the nation wants to achieve cent percent admission of children to schools, then the admission of all disabled children must be ensured. Our government wants to remove all difficulties of the disabled people, including that of children, to get them admitted to general educational institutions," she added.
In a bid to expedite achievements of the goal, she said, the method of teaching disabled children would have to be a compulsory subject for the primary school teachers.
Hasina said that the government had already started a process to set up one school capable of teaching autistic and mentally challenged children in every district of the country.
In this regard, the PM said, the Ministry for Social Welfare Affairs had formulated an integrated special education policy.
The PM laid emphasis on the need for appointing a psychiatrist as consultant to every school to help the autistic children.
Hasina said the government from the next budget would increase stipend and scholarship facilities for disabled children to check the dropout rate of poor disabled children.
She said that the government would consider tax exemption for those corporate institutions and private entrepreneurs that would employ disabled people in their respective institutions, reports UNB.
The PM was addressing a function arranged on the occasion of the '18th International Day of Persons with Disability' at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city Saturday.
Held with Social Welfare Secretary Kamrun Nesa in the chair, the function was also addressed by Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haq Mustafa Shaheed, Adviser to the PM Dr Syed Mudasser Ali and National Disable Forum's Chairperson Jahurul Alam.
This year's theme of the day is 'Incorporation in the Millennium Development Goals and Empowerment of Disabled Community'.
Hasina, in her address, reaffirmed her government's strong commitment to remove all types of social and economic problems of the disabled community in the country.
"If the nation wants to achieve cent percent admission of children to schools, then the admission of all disabled children must be ensured. Our government wants to remove all difficulties of the disabled people, including that of children, to get them admitted to general educational institutions," she added.
In a bid to expedite achievements of the goal, she said, the method of teaching disabled children would have to be a compulsory subject for the primary school teachers.
Hasina said that the government had already started a process to set up one school capable of teaching autistic and mentally challenged children in every district of the country.
In this regard, the PM said, the Ministry for Social Welfare Affairs had formulated an integrated special education policy.
The PM laid emphasis on the need for appointing a psychiatrist as consultant to every school to help the autistic children.
Hasina said the government from the next budget would increase stipend and scholarship facilities for disabled children to check the dropout rate of poor disabled children.