Gauhati, May 28: The Central Government to set up a comprehensive national institute for each major category of persons with disabilities, Vice President Shri GS Pathak said here today. The institute will conduct research, train key personnel, and provide education and training to a limited number of individuals in the process. Mr Pathak said that the first school for partially deaf children was established in Hyderabad as part of the National Institute. He regretted that the response to the incentives given by the Central Government to the physically challenged students “has not been very encouraging”. Shri Pathak was inaugurating the 4th Congress of All India Federation of the Deaf here today. Shri Pathak called for making every effort to eradicate deafness completely so that the disabled can enjoy life like normal people. He said that with the rapid progress in science and technology as well as the high level of sophistication achieved in surgical treatment, this could be achieved in the near future. Mr. Pathak said that more strong people among the deaf can escape from the dreadful silence of their life without any harm, it can lead to mental depression and development of some antisocial complexes in sensitive cases. “It is only natural, therefore, that the plight of the deaf attracts the attention of not only medical experts and scientists, but also of social workers, educationists and psychologists around the world,” he said.