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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that private unaided schools in the city must have at least two special educators to take care of differently-abled children.
Every private school must have special educators for differently-abled children, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said.
The bench said a detailed order would given later.
The bench rejected the argument by the schools that appointment of special educators would be a waste of money if there were no such students in the school. The bench pointed out that the appointment of special educators was mandatory under the Right to Education Act and that,besides differently-abled children,other children could also benefit from the counselling provided by these educators.
Private schools must appoint special educators in all the schools where such children are studying. They must appoint teachers in order to provide proper education to the differently-abled children,irrespective of the dispute of who would bear the financial burden of paying for these teachers, the bench said.
The bench was hearing a PIL,filed by Social Jurists through counsel Ashok Agarwal that private unaided schools in the city lacked basic physical as well as academic infrastructure,including special educators.
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