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DRAG demands inquiry into the matter by Chief Secretary
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Disability Rights Association of Goa (DRAG) on Wednesday
criticised the Goa Directorate of Education for illegally sanctioning
the termination of service of a teacher in a government-aided school,
who acquired a disability during service.
It demanded an inquiry into the matter by the Chief Secretary. President of DRAG Avelino de Sa told
The Hindu
on Wednesday that as per Section 47 of the Persons with Disability Act,
1995, no establishment funded by the government could dispense with or
reduce in rank any employee who acquired a disability during service
provided that if the employee after acquiring the disability was not
suitable for the post he was holding he should be shifted to some other
post with the same pay scale and service benefits.
He
said the Directorate of Education was aware of this section because in
March this year there was a similar case against the Directorate of
Education with the State Disability Commissioner. Despite that, the
Directorate of Education had gone ahead and sanctioned the termination
of the teacher who acquired disability during service, claimed DRAG
president.
“What is shocking is that the medical
board of State-owned Goa Medical College (GMC), Bambolim, has certified
the teacher as fit to continue in service on a desk job,” said Mr. de
Sa.
‘Illegal decision’
“The
decision of the Directorate of Education to sanction termination of the
teacher who acquired disability during service is illegal as it is in
violation of Section 47 of the Persons with Disability Act, 1995, and
the recommendations of the medical board of the GMC,” said DRAG
president.
The organisation spearheading the cause of
differently-abled persons has also questioned the authority of the
medical board of the GMC to certify the teacher as unfit to teach when
the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, New Delhi, has
identified the post of teacher as suitable for persons with disability.
DRAG
has also demanded that the government support primary education in the
mother tongue as many children were not able to cope with the switch
from Konkani/Marathi to English in Std. V as a result many children
became slow learners or learning disabled.
The
organisation also demanded that the State government acknowledge the
efforts of special teachers by felicitating them with a State award on
teachers’ day.
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# ‘No one can dispense with an employee who
acquired disability during service’
# Goa Medical College has certified the
teacher as fit to continue in service on a desk job
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Source : The Hindu , 12th September 2013
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