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Background and Rationale:
The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986 and the Programme
of Action (1992) gives the basic policy framework for
education, emphasizing on correcting the existing
inequalities. It stresses on reducing dropout rates,
improving learning achievements and expanding access to
students who have not had an easy opportunity to be a part of
the general system. The NPE, 1986 envisaged some
measures for integrating of children with physical and
mental handicap with the general community as equal
partners, preparing them for their normal growth and
development and enabling them to face life with courage
and confidence.
India has also been a signatory to international declarations
like the Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on
Special Needs Education (1994) and the Biwako Millenium
Framework for Action (2002) and the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 that emphasize the
need for fundamental educational policy shifts to enable
general schools to include children with disabilities.
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Integrated Education for the
Disabled Children (revised 1992) is presently being
implemented in States and UTs in over 90,000 schools
benefiting over 2,00,000 children with disabilities. The
scheme was introduced with a view to providing educational
opportunities for children with disabilities in general
schools, to facilitate their retention in the school system.
It provides for facilities to students with disabilities
including expenses on books and stationery, expenses on
uniforms, transport allowance, reader allowance, escort
allowance, hostel accommodation and actual cost of
equipment. The scheme also supports the
appointment of special teachers, provision for resource
rooms and removal of architectural barriers in schools.
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CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME (CSS)
OF 'INCLUSIVE EDUCATION OF THE DISABLED AT SECONDARY
STAGE'
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