Jakarta, June 23 -- Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Lestari Moerdijat, has stressed that efforts to increase the access of people living with disabilities to higher education must receive universal attention.

In a statement received here on Monday, she underlined that greater access to higher education would support the independence of people living with disabilities and secure their active involvement in development efforts.

"Various efforts to encourage the active involvement of every citizen, including people with disabilities, in development must be supported by all parties," she said.

Moerdijat cited data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) showing that just 2.8 percent of the total 17.9 million people livi...