Hyderabad: Laxity of garment that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips bosses in SED leaves CwSN students in lurch

Hyderabad: Laxity on the component part of the garment that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips bosses in the State knowledge acquired by learning department leaving hundreds of students, covered under Children with Special Needs (CwSN), studying in various schools in Telangana at the receiving conclusion.

According to sources, the Centre had a written message addressed to all States in November 2021 informing the State Education departments (SEDs) that the National Education Policy-2020 reaffirms the provisions contained in the Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2016.

Section 17 of the RPwD Act 2016 mandates that the government and local authorities should “make suitable modifications in the curriculum and examination system to meet the needs of the students with disabilities, such as extra time for completion of examination paper, facility of scribe or amanuensis, exemption from second and third language course.” Speaking to The Hans India, sources in the SED said the provisions of exceptions and concessions have got already been adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Several State boards across the country have got given outcome to the same.

Acting on the same, the neighbouring State of Andhra Pradesh has already revised its provisions for CwSN to fall in outcome to Section 17 of the RPwD Act and NEP-2020.

In bend, it facilitated CwSN students, with 21 kinds of disabilities, to avail the exemptions and concessions from Classes VI to X. Also AP has notified implementation of the same in the vitrine of SSC Public examinations starting from the year 2020-21.

However, a filing cabinet connected logically or causally to the same has been reportedly sent from the Telangana SSC committee having supervisory powers; it had reached the higher-ups arousing deep emotion via the Commissioner of School Education. However, months are running by but no decision has been taken. The filing cabinet remained pending.

When asked, officials at the directorate rase and the SSC committee having supervisory powers have got been expressing their helplessness in getting things done. On the not the same HAND, the SED sources tell that the electric current Principal Secretary of Education has been looking after several departments. This might be the explanation of the cause for the act later than planned in several issues connected logically or causally to knowledge acquired by learning pending for months.