The Division of Social Safety & Empowerment of Individuals with Disabilities (SSEPD), Authorities of Odisha, immediately signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nationwide Institute for Empowerment of Individuals with Mental Disabilities (NIEPID) to strengthen early identification, schooling, capability constructing, and group consciousness for Individuals with Mental Disabilities (PwIDs) throughout the State.
The MoU was signed at Bhubaneswar with an goal to ascertain a structured collaboration for implementing NIEPID-developed curriculum frameworks in particular colleges working underneath the Grant-in-Help fold of the SSEPD Division. The partnership goals to reinforce the standard of academic and developmental companies for kids with mental disabilities by skilled help, coaching, and steady monitoring.
Below the MoU, each establishments will work collectively in areas together with early identification and intervention, capability constructing of particular educators, caregivers and frontline employees, curriculum implementation, analysis, documentation, and group consciousness to advertise inclusion and scale back stigma. As a part of the collaboration, coaching programmes, improvement of useful resource supplies, digital studying content material, and skilled monitoring might be undertaken. Joint analysis initiatives and publication of finest practices and coverage briefs are additionally envisaged.
A Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) comprising representatives from SSEPD and NIEPID might be constituted to assessment progress, monitor outcomes and information implementation. The MoU will stay in pressure for a interval of three years, from January 16, 2026 to January 15, 2029, and could also be prolonged upon mutual consent.
This strategic partnership marks a big step in the direction of strengthening inclusive schooling and empowerment initiatives for individuals with mental disabilities in Odisha, in alignment with the State Authorities’s dedication to social inclusion and equitable improvement. On the time of signing of the MoU, Shri Bhaskar Raito, Extra Secretary to Authorities, and Deputy Secretaries Shri Sannyasi Kumar Behera and Shri Basanta Kumar Behera from the Division of Social Safety and Empowerment of Individuals with Disabilities, Authorities of Odisha & Dr. Ganesh Shergar, consultant of NIEPID had been current.
