Quota for disabled not practical, says schools’ forum
The Hindu
State government had not issued any guidelines before making it mandatory
A section of aided primary school managers have claimed that 4% reservation for people with disabilities will prove to be challenge to those running single schools.
In a recent memorandum to General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, functionaries of Kerala Aided (Primary) School Managers Association (KASMA) had pointed out that the Education department had issued an order making the quota mandatory for aided schools only in November last year.
Going by the order, one of the 25 persons being appointed should be differently abled. In the past 50 years, a majority of aided primary schools have not appointed 25 teachers. Even 50 persons have not been appointed in most schools that are around 100 years old, KASMA president P.S. Sasikumar said in the memorandum.
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