Delhi HC raps AAP govt over lack of special education teachers in schools, orders relaxation of age to meet demand

The Delhi High Court has ordered the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government to grant age relaxation to candidates for appointment of special education teachers in a bid to meet the growing demand for these trained professionals in state-run schools The Delhi high court in a landmark judgment has ordered the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government to grant age relaxation to candidates for appointment of special education teachers, in a bid to meet the growing demand for these trained professionals. “The said duty of the government to grant age relaxation is even more onerous when it comes to the posts of SET, keeping in view the fact that these teachers play a very important role in the development, growth and assimilation into society of differently-abled children.” India is suffering from acute scarcity of a trained talent pool in the sector related to educating children with special needs. “The Delhi high court order shows that providing adequate age relaxation to the candidates for the posts of special education teachers could be one way to meet the demand. In fact, a perusal of both the rejection orders shows that the respondents have merely reproduced the past history of the post of SET and the orders passed by this court in the present petition, without applying their mind to the factors repeatedly highlighted by this court.” The high court also ordered the Delhi government to provide opportunity to the candidates who did not apply for the post of special educator for being overaged.