Lok Sabha Question No. 2402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Divyang Children
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2402. TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## Divyang Children

## †2402. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Divyang children in the country who do not go to school, State-wise;
- (b) the number of Divyang children who are studying at primary, secondary, higher secondary level and getting higher education; and
- (c) the details of the schemes being run by the Government to increase literacy rate amongst the said children?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a):-  As  per  an  independent  survey  commissioned  in  2014  by  the  Ministry  of  Human Resource Development, the number of out of school Divyang children in the age group of 6 to 13 years is estimated at 6.00 lakh. State-wise details are given at Annexure.
- (b):-    As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (U-DISE)  2017-18 (provisional),  12,29,639,  7,23,276,  2,28,134  and  74,014  Divyang  children  are  enrolled  at primary,  upper  primary,  secondary  and  higher  secondary  level  respectively  and  as  per  All India Survey on Higher Education Report 2017-18, there are 74,317 persons with disabilities enrolled in higher education courses.
- (c):Inclusive  Education  component  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra Shiksha aims to look at education of Children with Special Needs (CwSN) in a continuum from classes I to XII. The Scheme is governed and regulated by the provisions of the RTE Act,  2009.  The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009 enshrines the entitlement to free and compulsory elementary education, access to school and barrier  free  access  for  all  children  including  CwSN.    Samagra Shiksha  covers  all  Divyang

Children with  one  or  more  disabilities  as  mentioned  in  the  Schedule  of  disabilities  of  the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.

The  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  lays  emphasis  on  inclusion  or  mainstreaming  of CwSN into the fabric of formal schooling. Inclusive education for CwSN under the Scheme emphasises on developing the full potentiality of each child with a disability through student oriented  interventions  which  include  provision  of  Braille  kits,  teaching  learning  materials, teaching aids, assistive devices, aids and appliances to enhance access of CwSN in schools, corrective surgeries, transportation and escort allowances, reader allowances, stipend to girls students,  training/orientation  programmes  for  teachers  and  other  stakeholders  and  resource support through special educators etc. for addressing the specific learning needs of CwSN for equitable and quality education.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.2402  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  08.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY, MP  REGARDING 'DIVYANG CHILDREN'

## Statement showing details of Divyang children not going to school

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State                    |   No. of Divyang children not going to school |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands             |                                          1014 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) |                                         26157 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                                             0 |
| 4         | Assam                                |                                         13777 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |                                        103187 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |                                             0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |                                         27542 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                  |                                           330 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu                           |                                            86 |
| 10        | Delhi                                |                                          2848 |
| 11        | Goa                                  |                                             0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                              |                                          5693 |
| 13        | Haryana                              |                                          2095 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                                          2176 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir                       |                                         11482 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                            |                                         19425 |
| 17        | Karnataka                            |                                         18106 |
| 18        | Kerala                               |                                         16273 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |                                            62 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                         50609 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |                                         22551 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |                                           863 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |                                          1594 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |                                           777 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |                                           346 |
| 26        | Odisha                               |                                         35081 |
| 27        | Puducherry                           |                                           285 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |                                          3695 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |                                         74288 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |                                             0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |                                         23627 |
| 32        | Tripura                              |                                          1227 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                          |                                          6008 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                                         96237 |
| 35        | West Bengal                          |                                         33189 |
| Total     | Total                                |                                        600630 |

Source: IMRB Survey, 2014