Unique punishment for delay: Officers ordered to serve students with disabilities
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New Delhi (PTI): The Disability Affairs Department has meted out a unique punishment to the officers -- serve students with disabilities for five days -- found responsible for delaying by four years updating the category of an employee to PwD in the service book.
Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Rajesh Aggarwal expressed strong disapproval of state-owned MTNL's failure to just change the category of the complainant employee from General to the PwD.
Through an interim order on November 16 whose copy was shared with PTI, the Chief Commissioner has issued the unique recommendation aimed at fostering awareness on disability matters.
A senior official with the department said the Chief Commissioner has directed the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) to identify and send the officers responsible for the prolonged delay to the Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust.
The officers are mandated to perform five days' service to students with disabilities before December 31, ensuring their proper sensitization to disability-related issues.
Furthermore, the Chief Commissioner has called for a comprehensive report from the telecom firm following the implementation of the recommended action, the official said.
This step aims to assess the impact of the sensitization programme and ensure accountability in addressing disability-related concerns within the organization, the official said.
The Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities was set up to take steps to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities. Its hearings are held regularly to consider the issues faced by the people with disabilities.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
