<span style="color: #222222;">The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to forthwith appoint 10 contract teachers to vacant posts in a school for visually impaired boys and provide the students with assistive devices like audio recorders to help them study. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The direction by a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao came on a PIL claiming there was 50 per cent vacancy of teaching staff in the school and that its building, which also had hostel facilities, was in a poor condition. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The petition by the National Federation of the Blind said the sanctioned teaching strength of the Government Senior Secondary School for Boys (Blind) in north Delhi's Kingsway Camp was 20, but there were only 10 teachers, of which six were on contract. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The plea also said the school was functioning without a principal for over two years and the repair of the building was taking time. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The bench directed that a report should be filed before the next date of hearing on October 27, indicating the number of kits made available and the time frame within which it would be provided to the remaining students. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">With regard to the hostel facilities, the court asked the government to indicate if a vacant building is available in the vicinity of the school.</span><br />”
News On AIR | September 21, 2018 7:36 PM | Delhi high court
Fill up teaching vacancies in school for visually impaired: HC to AAP govt