What is this? there should be all out condemnation from the sector. There should be no limit to age in availing education in the classroom. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Disabled-duo-dismissed-from-school-over-age/articleshow/48564013.cms
New Delhi: Two physically challenged students were allegedly dismissed from a Delhi government school on age grounds. Sumant Sharma and Nazrul, both visually impaired, were admitted to class XI at Shaheed Hemu Kalani School in Lajpat Nagar. They have been studying in the school for the past 15 days. Both completed their class X from JPM Senior Secondary School for the Blind on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg this year. "These students have learning problems and so by the time they passed out from school, they have turned 29. They want to study further but no school is giving them admission," said Sunil Kumar Aledia of Centre for Holistic Development (CHD). The government had in 2003 stated that the age relaxation for admission for children with disability at entry level would be nine years instead of 5-6 years. It said the upper age limit would remain at 18 years. However, the government circular also added "that principals/ heads of government schools are directed to ensure that such children are not denied admission in schools only because of their age". "We have already filed our grievance with the directorate of education and even met deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. He has promised that he will look into the matter. But nothing has happened so far. We cannot deny them the right to study," said Aledia. This criterion applies to non-planned admission and not planned admission. Planned admission are those where a child is moving from one government school to another government school, while non-planned admission is for moving from private to government school. "In this case, the students are moving from government schools so it should not be a problem at all," said Khagesh Jha of Social Jurists, an NGO that works in the field of right to education. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
