Section 21
To Provide Free Education
(1) The educational institutes operated by the Government of Nepal or Local Level or that receive grants from the Government of Nepal shall provide free higher education to the persons with disabilities.
(2) The educational institutes as prescribed by the Government of Nepal shall provide free higher education to the persons with disabilities.
(3) No fee of any kind shall be collected form a person with disability for getting admission to an educational institute.
(4) The vocational and technical education as prescribed shall be freely provided to the persons with disabilities.
(5) No educational institute shall discriminate against the persons with disabilities with regard to extra-activities, distribution and access to educational materials.
(6) The Government of Nepal shall make provisions to provide education to the persons with disabilities through more than one means such as brail or alternative scripts, sign language, means of information technology and peer learning, in order to ease the imparting of education.
(7) The Government of Nepal shall make provisions to provide education as prescribed through accessible information technology means, including appropriate language method, scripts, curricula and coursebooks, to the persons with sight disabilities, hearing disability, hearing impairment, sight and hearing impairment.
(8) The Government of Nepal may make arrangements for the provision of education along with hostel facility to such persons with disabilities as prescribed, on the basis of, inter alia, indigency, geographical remoteness or severity of disability.
(9) The persons with disabilities shall be enabled to obtain access to vocational and technical education, adult education, practical education and continuing learning, by providing them with reasonable accommodation.
(10) The Government of Nepal shall, on the basis of the classification of disabilities, make separate provision, as required, with regard to education and evaluation system of the students with disabilities.
(11) The educational institutes shall make provisions of disability friendly educational materials, having regard to the needs of the persons with disabilities.
(12) The educational institutes shall build school buildings and other physical structures in accordance with the standards determined by the Government of Nepal, in such a manner as to ensure the access of the persons with disabilities.
(13) The educational institutes operated by the private sector shall provide fee study facilities to such a number of the students with disabilities as determined by the Government of Nepal.
(2) The educational institutes as prescribed by the Government of Nepal shall provide free higher education to the persons with disabilities.
(3) No fee of any kind shall be collected form a person with disability for getting admission to an educational institute.
(4) The vocational and technical education as prescribed shall be freely provided to the persons with disabilities.
(5) No educational institute shall discriminate against the persons with disabilities with regard to extra-activities, distribution and access to educational materials.
(6) The Government of Nepal shall make provisions to provide education to the persons with disabilities through more than one means such as brail or alternative scripts, sign language, means of information technology and peer learning, in order to ease the imparting of education.
(7) The Government of Nepal shall make provisions to provide education as prescribed through accessible information technology means, including appropriate language method, scripts, curricula and coursebooks, to the persons with sight disabilities, hearing disability, hearing impairment, sight and hearing impairment.
(8) The Government of Nepal may make arrangements for the provision of education along with hostel facility to such persons with disabilities as prescribed, on the basis of, inter alia, indigency, geographical remoteness or severity of disability.
(9) The persons with disabilities shall be enabled to obtain access to vocational and technical education, adult education, practical education and continuing learning, by providing them with reasonable accommodation.
(10) The Government of Nepal shall, on the basis of the classification of disabilities, make separate provision, as required, with regard to education and evaluation system of the students with disabilities.
(11) The educational institutes shall make provisions of disability friendly educational materials, having regard to the needs of the persons with disabilities.
(12) The educational institutes shall build school buildings and other physical structures in accordance with the standards determined by the Government of Nepal, in such a manner as to ensure the access of the persons with disabilities.
(13) The educational institutes operated by the private sector shall provide fee study facilities to such a number of the students with disabilities as determined by the Government of Nepal.