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Inclusive Education: Programmes and Provisions

Mini Dejo Kappen*

Professor & Head, Department of Education, Karunya University, Coimbatore.

Periodicity:May - July'2010
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.4.1.1218

Abstract

Inclusive education is a practice of teaching handicapped children in regular classrooms with nonhandicapped children to the fullest extent possible; such children may have orthopedic, intellectual, emotional, or visual difficulties or handicaps associated with hearing or learning. In India there are constitutional provisions for Inclusive Education. Education is the right of all children, and IE aims to ensure that all children have access to an appropriate, relevant, affordable and effective education within their community. This education starts in the home with the family, and includes formal, non-formal and all types of community-based education initiatives. Article 14, Article 21A, The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act 2002 of the Indian Constitution clarifies that “all” includes children with disabilities as well. This article will discuss Concept of inclusive education, Specific Terms in inclusive education such as Impairment, Disability, Special Educational Needs, Learning Difficulty, Mental Handicap, Indian Constitution about Inclusive Education, Reasons For Inclusion, The inclusive education programmes under Sarva Shiksha Abhian, Provisions for CWSN (Children With Special Needs) under SSA and a case study on inclusive education.

Keywords

Inclusive education, Impairment, Disability, Special Educational Needs, Learning Difficulty, Mental Handicap, Reasons For Inclusion, Provisions, A Case Study on Inclusive Education.

How to Cite this Article?

Mini Dejo Kappen (2010). Inclusive Education: Programmes and Provisions. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 4(1), 7-12. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.4.1.1218

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