Lok Sabha Question No. 3228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Special Schools for Children with Special Needs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMETN OF  PERSONS WITH DISABILITY

## LOK SABHA

Special Schools for Children with Special Needs

## 3228: SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI: Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal for providing Individualised Education Programme (IEP) for children with needs; special special
- (b) if the details thereof; SO,
- whether any study report has been prepared in this and if the details thereof; and regard SO,`
- (d) the number of schools and/ or education centers for such children in the country, State-wise? 'special

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) to (d) Under the Inclusive Education of Disabled at Secondary Stage ((EDSS) component of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) administered by Department of School Education ad  Literacy; Ministry of Human Resource  Development; there is a provision of training teachers  in planning \_ an individualized and need based   specific curriculum;   teaching styles which include audiovisual aids, appropriate instructional strategies etc; There is no such provision of Special Schools for Children with Special Needs under the scheme, which seeks to mainstream the children with special needs (CWSN) with general education,

However; under the central sector Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) administered by Governmental Organizations (NGOs) running projects for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). including projects for Special Schools for Children with Disabilities. A Statement indicating State/UTs wise number of schools and amount released to them under the scheme during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure: special

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3228 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12,2016

Annexure-[

Annexure   referred to the   reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred   Question for  answered on 06.12.2016

A statement indicating Number of Speical Schools and Amount Released undcr DDRS during the last three years and current year as on 01.12.2016)

Rs. in lakhs

| Najie of State   | Najie of State   | Najie of State   | Najie of State   | Najie of State   | Najie of State   | Najie of State             | Najie of State   | Najie of State   | Najie of State   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|                  |                  | Spl assisted     | Aount            | NNdof            |                  | Noror Spl School aSsistedl | Amount released  | Spl; School"     | 422016) Amouit   |
|                  | Andhra Pradesh   |                  | 1429.30          | 53               | 809.01           | 57                         | 747.83           | 40               | 360.98           |
| 2                | Assam            | 5                | 83.98            | 6                | 56.29            | 4                          | 47.7             | 2                | 11.24            |
| 3                | Bihar            | 6                | 67.91            | 3                | 36.26            | 5                          | 34.89            |                  | 21.86            |
| 4                | Chhattisgarh     | 6                | 83.26            | 5                | 20.55            | 7                          | 37.24            | 5                | 10.53            |
| 5                | Delhi            | 10               | 91.31            | 9                | 42.57            | 12                         | 170.89           | 5                | 41.69            |
| 6                | Goa              | 0                | 0.00             | 1                | 10.09            |                            | 8.87             | 1                | 4.89             |
|                  | Gujarat          | 7                | 45.77            |                  | 50.74            | 9                          | 39.16            | 4                | 12.46            |
| 8                | Haryana          | 11               | 83.88            | 14               |                  | 12                         | 53.01            | 11               | 46.63            |
|                  | Himachal Pradesh | 3                | 17.43            | 2                | 4.89             | 2                          | 5.75             | 2                |                  |
| 10               | Jammu Kashmir    |                  | 0.00             |                  | 0.21             |                            |                  |                  | 3.25             |
|                  | Jharkhand        | 0                | 0.00             | 1                | 0.77             |                            | 0.41             | 1                | 0.94             |
| 11               | Karnataka        | 44               | 437.75           | 8                | 65.81            | 6                          | 66.05            | 5                | 38,99            |
| 12               | Kerala           | 41               | 402.18           | 41               | 519.43           | 30                         | 344.19           | 31               | 228.37           |
| 13               | Madhya Pradesh   | 7                | 47.49            | 12               | 109.88           | 16                         | 75.89            | 9                | 35.93            |
| 14               | Maharshtra       | 13               | 100.29           | 29               | 162.60           | 17                         | 90.81            | 16               | 65.22            |
| 15               | Manipur          | 11               | 185.19           | 19               | 118.52           | 16                         | 173.43           | 10               | 61.97            |
| 16               | Meghalya         |                  | 15.45            | 4                | 23.84            | 5                          | 28.24            | 3                | 31.59            |
| 17               | Mizoram          | 1                | 2.03             | 2                | 23.93            | 2                          |                  | 2                | 7.38             |
| 18               | Odisha           | 29               | 518.64           | 30               | 312.00           | 33                         | 397.32           | 15               | 95.87            |
| 19               | Puducherry       | 1                | 6.28             | 1                | 7.18             | 1                          | 14.83            | 1                | 7.16             |
| 20               | Punjab           | 2                | 10.18            | 11               | 120.61           | 4                          | 37.11            | 7                | 43.35            |
| 21               | Rajsthan         | 17               | 120.49           | 15               | 85.87            | 17                         | 102.6            | 13               | 51.98            |
| 22               | Tamil Nadu       | 16               | 230.58           | 10               | 40.09            | 17                         |                  | 10               | 50.82            |
| 23               | Telangana        |                  | 0.00             | 56               | 656.84           | 48                         | 699.64           | 25               | 258.61           |
| 24               | Tripura          | 2                | 25.14            | 2                | 8.44             | 1                          |                  | 2                | 1,77             |
| 25               | Uttar Pradesh    | 50               | 537.63           | 38               | 273.31           | 41                         | 484.36           | 27               | 183.87           |
| 26               | Utrakhand        | 3                | 14.44            | 5                | 28.95            | 7                          | 36.88            |                  | 3.82             |
| 27               | West Bengal      | 22               | 233.61           | 13               | 86.50            | 26                         |                  | 21               | 117.96           |
|                  | Total            | 392              | 4790.21          | 405              | 3756.58          | 397                        | 4090.31          | 276              | 1800.46          |