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Only barrier-free schools will retain
recognition: Court
Wednesday September 26, 2012 01:36:50 PM,
Mohan Guruswamy,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has directed the government to de-recognise private
schools which do not appoint special educators for children with
disabilities and make their premises barrier-free.
The court, in a recent order, granted time till March 31, 2013 to
the schools to make their premises barrier-free and asked them to
appoint special educators within the next two years.
It asked all private unaided schools in the capital to hire two
qualified special educators as per the mandate of the right to
education law.
A division bench headed by Justice Rajeev Sahai Endlaw, said: "We
accordingly allow this petition and direct all recognised aided
and unaided private schools in Delhi to appoint special educators
and to make their buildings/school premises barrier-free so as to
provide free movement/access to children with disabilities."
The court's directions, made available Tuesday, came on a petition
filed by advocate Ashok Aggarwal alleging that 2,039 unaided
private schools and 258 aided schools lacked basic physical and
academic infrastructure, including special educators, for those
suffering from blindness, hearing impairment or mental
retardation.
The court said: "We direct the director of education, government
of Delhi, to ensure compliance of the directions issued by this
court and to take action for de-recognition against the erring
schools. We, however, grant time up to March 31, 2013 to the
schools to make their premises barrier-free."
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