‘School for special kids to get grants by Nov 14’
PATIALA: Deputy commissioner of Patiala GK Singh on Saturday visited the blind and deaf school at Saifdipur village.
Deputy commissioner GK Singh at the school for deaf and blind in Saifdipur village near Patiala on Saturday. Earlier, acting on a report that appeared in Hindustan Times on July 29, the deputy commissioner on Monday had sent a six-member team to the school.
The DC said that a proposal seeking annual grants for the school had been sent to the department of women and child welfare. He said that he had also spoken personally with chief minister’s special principal sectary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, seeking grants for running the school.
“The school will get the grants before November 14. There is plan to set up a hostel for the 450 special children,” the DC said.
The school had been providing free education to the special
children since 1967. But over the years, the school was forced to depend
on donations to run its affairs even though the school was registered
with the Punjab government.
Meanwhile, secretary of the school Col Karminder (retd) said, “the deputy chief minister before the elections had assured to release the school a grant of Rs 5 lakh, but that didn’t happen as the election code of conduct came into force. I have asked the deputy commissioner to take up the issue again with the authorities concerned.”
He said that the school was short of trained teachers after some of the teachers opted for jobs under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
“Now, we have requested the district administration to send the SSA teachers to the school to take periodical classes in speech therapy, sign language and audiometry,” he said.
Meanwhile, secretary of the school Col Karminder (retd) said, “the deputy chief minister before the elections had assured to release the school a grant of Rs 5 lakh, but that didn’t happen as the election code of conduct came into force. I have asked the deputy commissioner to take up the issue again with the authorities concerned.”
He said that the school was short of trained teachers after some of the teachers opted for jobs under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
“Now, we have requested the district administration to send the SSA teachers to the school to take periodical classes in speech therapy, sign language and audiometry,” he said.
“The school has urged the district administration to provide mid
day meals to the students under the right to education (RTE) Act and the
DC has assured to look into the matter,” the school secretary said.
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