Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

1. This petition filed in public interest highlights the deficiency of requisite teaching aids for children with disability and non-availability of special teachers, in the unaided and aided private schools of Delhi and seeks a direction in this regard including to the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) and MCD. It is pleaded that owing to non-availability of Special Educators and the requisite teaching aids, children with disability admitted to the said schools, suffer.

2. It is pleaded in the petition:-

a. that there are 2039 unaided recognized private schools (1260 recognized by Directorate of Education (DoE), GNCTD and 779 recognized by MCD) and 258 aided recognized private schools (214 aided by DoE, GNCTD and 44 aided by MCD) in Delhi and most of them do not have the provisions of basic physical as well as academic infrastructure, including Special Educators as required for the education of the children with disabilities;

b. that most of the schools are not even providing barrier free environment;

c. that there are over 2 lakhs children with disabilities in Delhi and of whom less than 1% are in schools;

d. that the failure on the part of these schools to