Promotions to the post of special education
Promotions to the post of Spl. Educator with eligible SGTs
School Education - Est III -- to take up Promotions to the post of Spl. Educator with eligible SGTs through offline in the available vacancies--Instructions – Issued
The attention of all of School Education and the District Educational Officers of the State is invited to the reference 1st read above wherein instructions are issued regarding the Promotions in respect of Special Educators, eligibility for promotion, allotment of schools and Job role of the School Assistant (Special Education) as detailed below:
Eligibility for Promotion:
The S.G. Teachers who are working in MPP/MPUP schools and Govt. Primary/Upper Primary Schools having the prescribed professional qualifications :
B.Ed -Special Education recognized by the
Rehabilitation Council of India
(or)
B.Ed.-General &2-year Diploma in Special Education recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India
Higher qualifications in respect of qualifications in Special Education from their respective districts, are eligible for promotions as School Assistant (Special Education) in the same district only.
Allotment of School:
• Government of AP has allotted the schools based on the number of Children with Special Needs (CwSN) enrolled in classes 9th& 10th by duly allotting one school in each Mandal. The remaining schools in the districts are identified based on the highest number of CwSN enrolled in classes 9th& 10th in schools in the district concerned.
• The School Assistant (Special Education) shall be re-deployed based on the enrolment of CwSN in the same school or other schools near by from next academic year for the cause of effective implementation of Inclusive Education for cwsN.
The School Assistant (Special Education visit other high school in his/her Manda! When support CwSN in School subjects.
Main Job Role of School Assistant (Special Education):
In addition to the regular job role of the School Assistants in the department, the School Assistant (Special Education) shall handle the following responsibilities:
a. School
Assistant (Special Education)
has to conduct
house to house survey with the help of GSWS to
identify CwSN children and enroll them in the schools and Bhavita centres .
b. They have to counsel and guide the CwSN children,
develop confidence in them
to attend the
school regularly and
retain till the
successful completion of
secondary education.
c. The School Assistant (Special Education) needs to take care of all types of CwSN of the
school concerned. Train
the students in coordination with the teaching & non-teaching staff of the school
He/she
needs to put effort to
strengthen the CwSN
abilities, learning competencies
in school subjects and also work for the all-round development of CwSN in the
schools concerned.
e. He/she
also shall provide counselling to the parents,
help in identifying
the needs of CwSN and resources, participate in
the assessment teams, support in teacher training programmes, mobilization of
CwSN to schools, identifying extremely dependent children for sanction of
escort /transport allowance,
mobilization of children for
physiotherapy camps and other
therapeutic interventions, enumeration of CwSN who might need minor corrective
surgeries, advocacy for Inclusive Education for CwSN and to assist the
teacher in classroom
management techniques of CwSN
and other time to time activities in the benefit of Children with
Special Needs. Also provide counselling
on maintenance, care
and usage of distributed assistive devices
g. School Assistant (Special Education) shall invariably attend to school along with child-specific, need-based Teaching Learning Material with the support of subject teacher concerned.
h. School Assistant (Special Education) shall
orient the school teachers on effective
Inclusive Education and
special methodology of
educating CwSN.
i. School
Assistant (Special Education) should record all the information such as
demographic particulars, medical history etc of the child in the prescribed
formats. He/she shall prepare Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for all
CwSN who are designated as CwSN and shall update the IEPs regularly and assess
the goals set by them. They shall be discussed with HMs and other team members
The School Assistant (Special Education) may be re-deployed based on the enrollment of the CwSN in the same school or other school based on the enrollment, from time to time, to further the cause of Inclusive Education for CwSN.
The State Project Director, Samagra Siksha in the reference 5" read above has requested the Commissioner of School Education, AP to take necessary action regarding the recruitment of 82 School Assistants in Special Education posts through Direct recruitment and 144 School Assistant posts in Special Education posts through promotions (from SGT to School Assistant in Special Eduucation) in secondary level
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