Lok Sabha Question No. 2035 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Disabled Students in School
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2035 ANSWERED ON-19.12.2022

## DISABLED STUDENTS IN SCHOOL

## 2035. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of number of disabled students studying in Government schools across the country, State-wise;
- (b) the budget allocated and funds utilized to educate disabled school students across the country, details since 2014, year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that the literacy rate among the disabled is around 55 per cent which is lower than the national average and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the steps being taken to improve the literacy rate among the disabled; and
- (e) the time by which the Government proposes to increase the literacy rate to a minimum 75 per cent among the disabled group?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

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- (a) As  per  UDISE+  2021-22  (prov.),  there  are  17,38,636  CwSN  disabled  students studying in Government schools. The State-wise details are placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of  Inclusive  Education Estimates  and Expenditure including  State Share since inception of  Samagra Shiksha in 2018-19 is at Annexure - II.
- (c) to (e) In the year 2018-19, the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of  Education  has  launched  Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  integrated  scheme  for  School  Education covering  children  with  special  needs  from  classes  pre-primary  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  children  with  disability.  Section  3(2)  of  the  RTE  Act  lays  emphasis  on  the elementary  education  of  all  children  with  disabilities.  As  per  the  Amendment  of  2012,  the RTE Act also mandates that, a child with multiple and/or severe disabilities, has the right to opt for home based education.

Under Samagra Shiksha, there is a dedicated component for Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs (CwSN) through which various provisions are made available for the educational needs of CwSN such as, provision of aids, appliances, assistive devices & teaching learning materials (TLMs), transportation, escort and scribe allowances etc. Further, individualized  support  is  provided  through  therapeutic  interventions  at  the  block  level. Moreover,  CWSN  with  severe  impairment  requiring  individualized  attention  are  provided home based education through special educators.

A separate provision for financial support of Special Educators has been made under Samagara Shiksha in order to appropriately address the educational requirements of children with  special  needs  from  elementary  to  higher  secondary  levels.  Samagra  Shiksha  also  has provisions for ramps, handrails and disabled friendly toilets for barrier free access to schools for all children.

The focus of Samagra Shiksha is on providing inclusive education to children with disability  wherein,  children  regardless  of  their  abilities/disabilities  participate  and  learn together in the same class, thus creating an enabling educational environment for all students. The  scheme  makes  provisions  for  undertaking  interventions  across  all  levels  of  school education  for  increasing  access  and  reducing  drop-out.  Samagra  Shiksha  aims  to  ensure inclusive and equitable quality education across all levels of school education.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2035 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022 ASKED BY SHRI  ANUMULA  REVANTH  REDDY  HON'BLE  MP  REGARDING  'DISABLED STUDENTS IN SCHOOL'.

| State/UTs                          | CWSN Enrolment in Government Schools   | CWSN Enrolment in Government Schools   | CWSN Enrolment in Government Schools   |
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                                    | Boys                                   | Girls                                  | Total                                  |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 316                                    | 181                                    | 497                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 42563                                  | 31174                                  | 73737                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 1201                                   | 1514                                   | 2715                                   |
| Assam                              | 27596                                  | 22433                                  | 50029                                  |
| Bihar                              | 101480                                 | 68840                                  | 170320                                 |
| Chandigarh                         | 1904                                   | 1310                                   | 3214                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 39381                                  | 32352                                  | 71733                                  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 609                                    | 414                                    | 1023                                   |
| Delhi                              | 9090                                   | 8452                                   | 17542                                  |
| Goa                                | 176                                    | 127                                    | 303                                    |
| Gujarat                            | 31185                                  | 20552                                  | 51737                                  |
| Haryana                            | 12746                                  | 8692                                   | 21438                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 3336                                   | 2733                                   | 6069                                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 8253                                   | 5884                                   | 14137                                  |
| Jharkhand                          | 24283                                  | 20198                                  | 44481                                  |
| Karnataka                          | 40364                                  | 31043                                  | 71407                                  |
| Kerala                             | 30297                                  | 20059                                  | 50356                                  |
| Ladakh                             | 357                                    | 363                                    | 720                                    |
| Lakshadweep                        | 126                                    | 82                                     | 208                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 71519                                  | 56652                                  | 128171                                 |
| Maharashtra                        | 56704                                  | 42120                                  | 98824                                  |
| Manipur                            | 1933                                   | 1795                                   | 3728                                   |
| Meghalaya                          | 1318                                   | 980                                    | 2298                                   |
| Mizoram                            | 1585                                   | 1704                                   | 3289                                   |
| Nagaland                           | 1105                                   | 986                                    | 2091                                   |
| Odisha                             | 73620                                  | 54305                                  | 127925                                 |
| Puducherry                         | 925                                    | 686                                    | 1611                                   |
| Punjab                             | 34552                                  | 25685                                  | 60237                                  |
| Rajasthan                          | 41661                                  | 29940                                  | 71601                                  |
| Sikkim                             | 736                                    | 491                                    | 1227                                   |
| Tamilnadu                          | 67124                                  | 45517                                  | 112641                                 |
| Telangana                          | 16576                                  | 13817                                  | 30393                                  |
| Tripura                            | 2095                                   | 1534                                   | 3629                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 168844                                 | 118283                                 | 287127                                 |
| Uttarakhand                        | 1941                                   | 1618                                   | 3559                                   |
| West Bengal                        | 82627                                  | 65992                                  | 148619                                 |
| INDIA                              | 1000128                                | 738508                                 | 1738636                                |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2035 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022 ASKED BY SHRI  ANUMULA  REVANTH  REDDY  HON'BLE  MP  REGARDING  'DISABLED STUDENTS IN SCHOOL'.

## Samagra  Shiksha  -  Inclusive  Education  Estimates  and  Expenditure  including State Share

(Rs. In crores)

|   Estimates | Inclusive Education   | Expenditure including State Share   |
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|     1023.51 | 599.73                | 2018-19                             |
|     1064.04 | 611.80                | 2019-20                             |
|      876.31 | 523.46                | 2020-21                             |
|      937.37 | 646.24                | 2021-22                             |
|     1144.2  | 273.92*               | 2022-23                             |