School establishes with specific purpose deserves special treatment: President

Kathmandu, Sept 27:President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said the state should specially treat the schools providing education to persons with disabilities.

Addressing a special ceremony organised on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Central Higher Secondary School for the Deaf, here today, the President said the protection and promotion of such school established for the particular group of people with specific purposes should always be the state priority.

Praising the school for its tremendous efforts to educate the deaf, the Head-of-the- State said Nepal's constitution has specified the special opportunities for the persons with physical disabilities to ensure their participations in every state apparatus with guaranteeing their rights education, freedom and employment.

Also speaking on the same occasion, Health Minister Gagan Kumar Thapa said this type of a school established with distinct and special purposes always deserved special treatment from the state and government. However, it was not justice that teachers of this special type of schools, who obviously have to make more efforts in educating children were not getting facilities on par with their colleagues (of other schools).

He demanded the Education Ministry release the budget for rebuilding the school building damaged by the earthquake. He was of the view of opening such school outside the Kathmandu Valley as well.

Education Minister Dhaniram Poudel said Nepal's constitution and other country's laws have well recognised the students with special capacity and the government has realised the necessity of opening schools for them outside the Valley as well.

School Management Committee Chair Rameshwor Prasad Singh and officiating Principal Meena Shahi sought the government's special priority to promote the school.