JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled, Mysore: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled Mysore (JSSPDA) is a special institution set up in the year 1991. Karnataka boasts of this autonomous polytechnic established to offer quality education to students with disability housed in the JSS Technical Institutions’ Campus, Mysuru. Affiliated to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi, JSSPDA offers seven diploma programs spread over different engineering and technical disciplines. Currently, the institute has a faculty team of total 33 members and intends to provide access in education for students with disabilities.

To assist the education process of its students JSSPDA offers a number of facilities. The campus has adequate infrastructural support in the IT field with three computer facilities comprising modern systems, multimedia projectors and Internet services. The institute boasts a library of over 13 500 volumes of books in various disciplines to support the institute’s teaching as well as learning. Concerning the practical experiences, JSSPDA provides fairly specific departmental laboratories needed in skill acquisition. The institute also concerns the students’ welfare, where students enjoy free consultations and medicines from the faculty’s Health Centre manned by qualified personnel.

At present the institute has seven full time diploma courses, which gears took three years to complete. They include Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Architectural Assistantship, Commercial Practice, Jewellery Design and Manufacturing Technology, Computer Applications and Apparel Design and Fabrication Technology diplomas. The total intake for these courses differs, most of programs are approved for 60 students, Jewellery Design & Computer Applications 30 students each.

The admission process of JSSPDA also takes into consideration of students with disability and they are welcome into the school. In most cases, candidates should have passed the 10th examination from a recognized board for most courses. More specifically, a student who wants to join Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Architectural Assistantship and Jewellery Design course should have done science and mathematics subjects as well as should have obtained 35% marks. It operates based on the following criteria and provides seats to applying candidates.

JSSPDA is a school whose main goal is to provide education for all persons. In order to support its students, the institute has several scholarships which it provides to learners. These are the National Scholarship and the AICTE Saksham Scholarship. More details on the National Scholarship can therefore be availed to those students who satisfy the academic requirements and must produce documents like; family income certificates and disability certificates where applicable. The AICTE Saksham Scholarship is exclusively for availing to orthopedically differently-abled students having a minimum of 40% disability. Moreover, in regard to the scholarships offered by the government through JSSPDA each student may be granted a maximum of Rs. 50,000 per annum for the economically challenged yet deserving students further enhancing the institutions’ social responsibility in its societal aspect.