UGC Sponsored HEPSN Centre (Higher
Education for Persons with Special Needs) helps visually challenged students
through a talk library, tape recorders, a computer installed with specific
software to read scanned English text, Camera magnifier with 29’inch TV for low
vision students. The centre celebrates each year Louis Braille day, Helen
Killer Day. World Disabled Day and conducts essay writing, oratorical
competitions, cricket and chess tournaments for visually challenged students of
Madurai District Colleges. Every academic year more than 20 visually challenged
Tamil and English literature students are benefited.