till the date the 1st blind school of india, which situated at dehradun, now, named sharp memorial for the blind has not got any financial aid from central/state government.
On 7/23/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Government abdicates its responsibility and NGOs make marry... > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/School-for-blind-had-no-state-recognition/articleshow/38891507.cms > KAKINADA: A day after the outrageous expose of the merciless thrashing > of blind students at a school run by a voluntary organisation, a local > court has sent the correspondent and principal of Good Field Blind > School to remand, even as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) > swung into action, taking suo motto cognizance of the offence and > issuing notices to Andhra Pradesh chief secretary and East Godavari > district collector. The NHRC said it has sought a reply from the > district collector in four weeks. > > On Tuesday, the correspondent of the school KV Rao (the senior most > administrator of the school after the principal) and the principal A > Srinivas were booked under section 324 read with 34 of IPC > (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and section > 7/ 23 and 25 of the Juvenile Justice Act (punishment for cruelty to > juvenile or child), all of which are said to be bailable. > > Meanwhile several irregularities have come to light in the running of > the school, which was being run by the Good Field Trust. While the > school did not have state government recognition, it is also learnt to > have been encroaching on nearly two acres of panchayat land meant for > community purposes. > > Villagers of Timmapuram panchayat said that while only 600 sq yd land > was allotted to the school, the trust had constructed a boundary wall > around the remaining vacant land kept aside for community purposes. > > "Till date, we were under the impression that the entire site belongs > to the school trust. But revenue officials are now saying that they > have not given any orders allowing the trust to occupy the remaining > land," V Srinivasa Rao, a villager, said. > > According to sources, KV Rao managed to secure the site for the blind > school at a site marked out for community purposes nearly four and a > half years ago on humanitarian grounds with the help of the then > district collector Ravi Chandra and Timmapuram sarpanch Bejawada > Satyanaryana. According to Satyanaryana, who is also the Good Field > Trust chairman, the Timmapuram village panchayat had adopted the > resolution to allot part of the land marked for community purposes to > the trust based on the recommendations of the then collector. > > Confirming that these irregularities had come to light, Kakinda > Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) told TOI that they were now searching > for the proceedings of the former collector. > > "The school trust chairman is saying that collector had given the > recommendation. On the other hand, the school does not have > recognition. We have learnt that an NGO Good News set up the Green > Field Trust to run the school. They are running the school illegally," > the RDO said. > > Interestingly, the correspondent of the school was working as a > teacher in another blind school in Visakhapatnam and was on medical > leave for the past few months. Rao, who is also visually impaired, had > mercilessly thrashed the school inmates, all aged below 12 years, > after they allegedly played outside the school premises. > > Meanwhile the AP Commission for Protection of Child Rights said in a > release that its members would be visiting the blind school on > Wednesday afternoon and would also hold meetings with the district > collector and other district officials. > > On Tuesday, many parents took away their wards from the school and the > remaining inmates were put under the surveillance of three teachers of > the Sarva Siksha Abhayan scheme, the district education officer (DEO) > Srinivasulu Reddy told mediapersons. > -- > Avinash Shahi > M.Phil Research Scholar > Centre for The Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > > > 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. 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