It worries me as we go ahead in the 21st century. Disability certificate is a prised document which enables non-disabled to outclass disabled people in the job-market. Can we protect the right to employment of hundred per cent blind people in India? http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-third-of-disabled-teachers-may-possess-false-certificates/article7848431.ece
'Of the estimated 7,000 teachers, at least 2,500 may be using false certificates'. Nearly one-third of all government school teachers who have taken employment under the disability quota may be either faking disability or in possession of false certificates, K.S. Rajanna, State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, has claimed. Of the estimated 7,000 teachers, at least 2,500 may be using false certificates, he told reporters on Thursday. “The number of teachers employed under the disability quota (three per cent reservations currently apply) is quite small … Even in this, we suspect based on our examinations so far, that many may have used false certificates to get the job,” he said. In the last financial year, the office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities had recommended action against 17 teachers for producing false certificates to get jobs in Chintamani taluk of Chickballapur district, while 2013 saw action against a man who had obtained the post of a school principal in Bidar using forged documents. The Commissioner’s office, which has quasi-judicial powers, will now summon all teachers who have been employed under this quota and start the verification process in phases. “We will also find out the government doctor who has given the medical certificate and take action,” he said. Using disabilities or disease as an excuse for either employment or transfers was exposed by The Hindu in August 2014, when 492 teachers were found to have sought transfers as they were “terminally ill”. Thirty of these cases were re-examined, while three officials in the Department of Public Instruction were suspended for procedural violations -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
