Disable Students Society of Chittagong University (DISSCU) with support from YPSA organized a program on Access to DAISY Books at University of Chittagong on April 4, 2015. About 50 visually impaired students participated in the program. Mr. Alamgir Kabir, Register of Chittagong University was present as chief guest while Dr. Iftekharul Alam, Pro -vice chancellor of Chittagong University inaugurated the program. Mr. Vashkar Vhattacharjee, Program manager of YPSA was present as special guest.
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is an open international standard for accessible multimedia. Approximately forty percent of people in Bangladesh are illiterate or print disabled (unable to read printed materials). Accessible information has not been available to this group and their information rights have not been recognised. Approximately four million people are visually impaired in Bangladesh and a number of visually impaired students are now studying at school and university level.
