Kerala is one of the States that has failed to follow the Supreme Court order to appoint special educators in every general school and, hence, was at the receiving end of the court’s whip recently.
The apex court in an order on August 22 had demanded the States that every general school that accommodated differently abled students as part of the ‘inclusive education’ programme should have a regular special educator appointed as resource person.
“We have been making this demand that there should be a special educator in every school, just like there are specialists for music, arts, and physical education. The resource persons appointed in general schools in the State at present are overworked and, hence, do not serve the purpose,” says Shahul Madavoor, a special educator and president of the Society for Rehabilitation of Differently Abled (SRDA).
