Dear Friends, I m forwarding a recent ruling by the High Court of Delhi for the interest of special educators. please find and send your views for our welfare. sudeep NEW DELHI, 2 Jul: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to appoint special teachers in each school to cater to the needs of disabled students.
"Every school must have special educator. We want you to appoint as many regular teachers as needed. The teachers should be appointed on a permanent basis and their salary must be at par with the regular teacher,'' a bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Manmohan said while directing the Delhi government, MCD, NDMC to ensure such special teachers are appointed to teach disabled students. The government, however, assured the court that 50 such teachers have already been appointed and more would be recruited in the coming days. Not satisfied with the reply, the court wanted to know about the steps taken by the government. "We are not going to be satisfied with your assurance. You have to advertize and appoint teachers in all government schools,'' the bench said. The court's remarks came while hearing a PIL seeking a direction to the government to make schools disabled–friendly. The petition filed by counsel Ashok Agrawal, alleged disabled students are suffering because of lack of facility and teachers in government schools. The counsel, in his petition, stated that regular schools did not have an adequate infrastructure for such students forcing them to go and study in special schools. The petition sought an infrastructure in every school that will make it disabled–friendly. The petition also stated that mapping of the children should also be done to know which category they belong to so as to cater to their needs. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com -- Dev Nandan Kumar MDRA 2008-10 National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped Manovikas Nagar, Secunderabad- 500 009, India Contact No- +91 9336 39 6969/ 9618 05 1601 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
