Jaipur: Deaf & mute protest, demand spl teachers

DEAF_N_DUMB_STUDENTS_DHARNA_AT_SCHOOL Students
of Seth Anandilal Mook Badhir School hit the streets on Tuesday.

24.01.2018
Students of Seth Anandilal Mook Badhir School, an institute for the deaf and mute at Trimurthy Circle, hit the streets on Tuesday demanding appointment of special teachers and a special principal, among others.

They locked the main gate of the school and undertook a dharna. After knowing about the incident, District Education Officer (DEO)(secondary) Ratan Lal Yadav reached the school. But when the agitating students could not be reined in, the DEO vented his ire and left from the place at once.

The school’s staff members later told the agitating students to calm down. The school has been facing a staff crunch for a while and it has been getting normal teachers instead of special teachers that are needed in these schools.

Principal Pukhraj Arya is not a special teacher. General teachers do not understand the language of special children. Owing to this communication gap, the students have for long been demanding the induction of special teachers for the school. This prompted the students to shut the school on Tuesday. Around 9.30 in the morning, all students from the school came out of the classes and locked the entire staff inside. Students reached the main gate and locked it also. After that, they sat on the dharna outside the main gate. After some time,the DEO reached the school and interacted with the students in a bid to broker peace. During talks, the students asked for the appointment of a physical training instructor, special teachers and a principal who understands sign language.They sought the re-appointment of former Principal Mahesh Wadhwani, among other demands.