The State government must “act with a sense of urgency” in a matter related to the large number of sanctioned teaching posts that are lying vacant in schools run by it for visually challenged children and not “put the career of such students in jeopardy” due to the non-availability of teachers, the Madras High Court observed on Tuesday.
Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observation, while disposing of a public interest litigation petition that complained about around 50% of the sanctioned posts lying vacant in the special schools run by the State government in 10 different districts.
Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram told the court that the Directorate for the Welfare of the Differently Abled had initiated the process of recruiting teachers for the special schools and that a request was made to the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) to initiate the process of recruiting 90 teachers.
