New Delhi, Sep 23 (Inditop.com) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government to conduct a door-to-door survey to find out children with disabilities and send them to school.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan asked Delhi’s Education Secretary to oversee the survey so that no child with disability is deprived of the right to education.
“Many parents are reluctant (to admit) that their child is having some disability. So to ensure that every child is educated, there is a need to conduct mapping of such children,” the bench said.
The court has asked the Delhi government to reply by Oct 28.
The court was hearing a public interest petition by Social Jurists, an NGO which contended that many schools deny admission to children with disabilities.
The court had last week asked the government to appoint two special teachers for disabled students in the 3-000 state-run schools in Delhi.
The order is valid for schools run by the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the New Delhi Municipal Council.
