Inclusive Education
In view of the constitutional commitment of providing free and compulsory education up to the age of 18 years irrespective of the abilities of children, Chandigarh under Samagra Shiksha is striving hard to achieve this aim. Undeniably various facilities have been extended to the children with special needs (CWSN) to facilitate the education of this special group of children.
ACCESSIBILITY:
As a step towards removing the barrier of exclusion for these Children with Special needs, Chandigarh is including CWSN in the mainstream schools to make education accessible to this vulnerable group of children, their identification, assessment and proximity of schools is felt important. Therefore, following steps were initiated:
Identification process of CWSN: -
The CWSN identified by RTs are medically examined by the medical teams of Govt. Medical College and Hospitals, Sector-32 (GMCH-32) and Govt. Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 16 (GMSH-16) under Directorate of Health, UT Chandigarh in order to ascertain the degree and type of disability.
No. of CWSN enrolled in schools & being covered under Home Based Education:
|
S. No |
Category |
Total No. of CWSN covered |
No. of CWSN enrolled in schools (U-DISE) |
No. of CWSN covered through HBE |
|
1 |
Low Vision |
1320 |
1318 |
2 |
|
2 |
Blindness |
158 |
157 |
1 |
|
3 |
Hearing Impairment |
136 |
133 |
3 |
|
4 |
Speech and Language Disability |
1102 |
1100 |
2 |
|
5 |
Orthopaedic Handicap |
270 |
259 |
11 |
|
6 |
Cerebral Palsy |
104 |
74 |
30 |
|
7 |
Intellectual Disabilities |
542 |
448 |
94 |
|
8 |
Specific Learning Disabilities |
476 |
476 |
0 |
|
9 |
Multiple Disabilities |
158 |
84 |
74 |
|
10 |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
12 |
12 |
0 |
|
11 |
Chorionic Neurological Conditions |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 |
Dwarfism |
11 |
11 |
0 |
|
13 |
Haemophilia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 |
Leprosy Cured Persons |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
Multiple Sclerosis |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
16 |
Muscular Dystrophy |
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
17 |
Thalassemia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
18 |
Mental illness |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
4304 |
4087 |
217 |
Activities initiated for retention and providing quality education: -
- Curriculum Modification & development of IEP
- Evaluation guidelines for CWSN
- Capacity building of General Teachers
- Learning Corners for CWSN
- Support Services in Special Resource Centres
- Therapy Camps for CWSN at cluster level.
- Training on sports & Skills
- Provision of Open Schooling for children with Intellectual Disabilities at secondary level.
- Transport & Escort Allowance
- Stipend to girl CWSN
- Medical Assessment & provision of aids & appliances
- Home Based Education
