To ensure that disabled students are not at a disadvantage in private schools in the national Capital, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has on the order of the High Court constituted teams of Special Education Teachers who will carry out a full-fledged verification of the information given by private unaided schools on the same. In a letter sent to all schools, the Directorate has mentioned that the High Court had directed to physically
verify the information given by private unaided schools of Delhi that they have the requisite facilities to cater to the needs of disabled children and for this purpose, also directed the Chairperson, Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and the Chief Commissioner of Disabilities to provide the services of trained experts who could evaluate such facilities available in private schools and objectively certify them.
Accordingly, the department had also requested the Chairperson, Rehabilitation Council of India, Chief Commissioner of Disabilities and Commissioner of Disabilities for providing requisite number of experts. Consequently, in a recent meeting, as per the discussion, a checklist was provided by RCI for verification of the facilities available in the private schools for different kinds of disabilities, said officials.
“To expedite the verification of facilities claimed to be available in private unaided schools for children with special needs, teams of special educators have been constituted in consultation with DOEs of districts from the list of special teachers and these have been deputed at the disposal of DOEs to get verification done timely,” said the letter issued by P lata Tara, Additional Director of Education.