Creation and sanction of 1476 School Assistants (Special teacher) posts under Central Sponsored Scheme for “Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS)” in the State

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF TREASURIES AND ACCOUNTS

ANDHRA PRADESH::

AMARAVATI @

IBRAHIMPATNAM.

Endt.No. FIN02-

18069/33/2019-H SEC-DTA 30/09/2019

“Communicated copy of the GO. Ms. No. 39 Fin (HR-I) Dept Dt.

07-04-2015

with a request to

follow the instructions

issued therein scrupulously

.”In the G.O first read above, Government has issued orders for sanction of

1476 posts of School Assistant(Special teacher) under the scheme of Inclusive

Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage(IEDSS) for the benefit of hearing

impaired and visually impaired students.

The School Education department in the reference third read above has

informed that the Hon’ble High Court while disposing PIL No 2 of 2013 filed by

Voggu Murali Kusuma Krishnaveni and two others, requesting to include Special

Education Teachers (Mentally Retarded) also in the recruitment of School

Assistant (Special Teachers), directed the State Government to consider

petitioners proposals of giving equal treatment to the Specialized Teachers and to

amend G.O.Ms.No.341 dated: 21.12.2012 suitably.

The School Education Department has further stated that after bifurcation

of the State w.e.f 2-6-2014 as per A.P reorganization Act,2014 total Eight

Hundred Sixty (860) School Assistant(Special Teacher) posts are located in the

(664) Mandals of Residual State of A.P. The Department has requested to issue

suitable orders for redistribution of the Eight Hundred Sixty (860) sanctioned

posts of School Assistant (Special Teacher) under the scheme, for the benefit of

hearing impaired, visually impaired and also mentally restarted students as per

the directions of Hon’ble High Court of A.P.

The issue has been examined carefully and the Government, in partial

modification of the orders issued in reference first read above, (to the extent

applicable to the successor state of Andhra Pradesh) hereby issue orders for

redistribution of the Eight Hundred Sixty (860) School Assistant (Special Teacher)

posts located in the (664) Mandals of Residual State of A.P. among the three

categories of Special Teacher posts ie., Visual Impaired, Hearing Impaired and

Mentally Retarded as detailed below.