While thousands of passouts from education schools find it difficult to get a suitable employment and are often exploited by way of under-payment by school managements, there are 1,500 vacancies of special teachers lying vacant. These vacancies are in special schools meant for disabled and handicapped students under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, a central scheme to promote quality education.
This was one of the facts that came to fore during a three-day workshop on 'Quality enhancement workshop for special teachers' that began in the city on Thursday. Young MP and NCP leader Supriya Sule guided participants of the workshop who came from all over the state. Seen as political heir to her father and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Supriya is completely at ease in grassroots social work activities and is co-ordinator of Yeshwantrao Chavan Pratishthan's Apang Hakk Vikas Manch ( Disabled empowerment centre).
"We try to raise issues related to the rights of disabled at different levels in the state and the central government and co-ordinate with different agencies in implementing welfare schemes in such a way that the benefits reach the targeted groups of the disabled," she said, talking to reporters after the workshop's first day proceedings. Experts from medical field, administrators and social workers will be guiding the volunteers to sensitise them on various aspects of working with the differently-abled people for the next two days.
"There is a dearth of special teachers meant for special students suffering from autism, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities. Moreover, lack of information and co-ordination with available skilled teachers has also led to the vacancies lying unfilled," said Vijay Kanhekar, co-coordinator of Vikas Manch. He disclosed that a large number of posts of the 3% job reservation for the handicapped category in government offices also remained vacant for years. "In fact, the exact number of such vacancies is also not known. The matter is lingering in the court and it is believed that of the 22,000 such jobs, only 17,000 vacancies have been filled. So, at least 5,000 needy disabled are deprived of jobs because of slow and bureaucratic procedures," he alleged.
The pratishthan has also taken up with the government the need for setting up old-age homes for the mentally retarded who have no one to look after.
This was one of the facts that came to fore during a three-day workshop on 'Quality enhancement workshop for special teachers' that began in the city on Thursday. Young MP and NCP leader Supriya Sule guided participants of the workshop who came from all over the state. Seen as political heir to her father and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Supriya is completely at ease in grassroots social work activities and is co-ordinator of Yeshwantrao Chavan Pratishthan's Apang Hakk Vikas Manch ( Disabled empowerment centre).
"We try to raise issues related to the rights of disabled at different levels in the state and the central government and co-ordinate with different agencies in implementing welfare schemes in such a way that the benefits reach the targeted groups of the disabled," she said, talking to reporters after the workshop's first day proceedings. Experts from medical field, administrators and social workers will be guiding the volunteers to sensitise them on various aspects of working with the differently-abled people for the next two days.
"There is a dearth of special teachers meant for special students suffering from autism, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities. Moreover, lack of information and co-ordination with available skilled teachers has also led to the vacancies lying unfilled," said Vijay Kanhekar, co-coordinator of Vikas Manch. He disclosed that a large number of posts of the 3% job reservation for the handicapped category in government offices also remained vacant for years. "In fact, the exact number of such vacancies is also not known. The matter is lingering in the court and it is believed that of the 22,000 such jobs, only 17,000 vacancies have been filled. So, at least 5,000 needy disabled are deprived of jobs because of slow and bureaucratic procedures," he alleged.
The pratishthan has also taken up with the government the need for setting up old-age homes for the mentally retarded who have no one to look after.
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