Lok Sabha Question No. 180 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Basic Facilities Available for Special Need Children in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *180 ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## Basic Facilities Available for Special Need Children in Schools

*180. SHRI P RAVINDHRANATH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that as per the report of the Unified District Information System for Education Plus out of the 58,801 schools including Government, aided, and private in Tamil Nadu, only 17,579 schools have basic amenities;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has issued any instructions of Tamil Nadu and other States to  ensure  basic  facilities  for  children  including  children  with  special  needs  like  ramps, handrails and wheelchair access; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this respect?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *180 ASKED BY SHRI P RAVINDHRANATH, HON'BLE MP, LOK  SABHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  19.12.2022,  REGARDING  'BASIC FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL NEED CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS'.

- (a) The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per the data recorded in  UDISE+ 2021-22, number of schools in Tamil Nadu having the basic facilities for Children with Special Need (CwSN) viz., ramp, handrails and CwSN Toilet facilities are as under.

| Management                          |   Government |   Government Aided |   Private unaided |   Others |   Total |
|-------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------|---------|
| Total Schools                       |        37636 |               8323 |             12396 |      446 |   58801 |
| Schools with Ramp                   |        33691 |               5307 |              4389 |      133 |   43520 |
| Schools with Handrails              |        21441 |               1162 |              1513 |       47 |   24163 |
| Schools with CWSN Toilet facilities |        13627 |                838 |              3028 |       86 |   17579 |

(b) and (c) Education is in the concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools are within  the  functional  domain  of  the  respective  State/UT  Government.  For  implementation  of Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  RTE  Act,  the  respective  State  and  UT  Government-  appropriate government  under  the  RTE  Act,  are  required  to  notify  the  disadvantaged  groups  and  weaker sections, notify per child cost and start admissions in private un-aided schools as per the procedure laid down by the concerned State and UT Government.

The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha aims to look at education of Children with Special Needs (CwSN) in a continuum from pre-school to classXII and lays emphasis on inclusion or mainstreaming of CwSN into formal schooling. The scheme covers all CwSN with one or more disabilities  as  mentioned  in  the  Schedule  of  disabilities  of  the  Rights  of  the  Persons  with Disabilities  (RPwD) Act, 2016.  In keeping with  the principle of inclusion, CwSN are provided support  through  specific  student  oriented  interventions  i.e.  aids  and  appliances,  teaching  aids, assistive  devices,  identification  and  assessment  camps,  teaching  and  learning  materials,  Braille books/kits, transportation allowances, escort allowances, uniforms (under RTE), stipend for girls besides  training  of general  teachers,  financial  assistance  for  special  educators,  etc.  These interventions  are  provided  to  address  their  educational  requirements  in  general  schools.  In addition,  the  Central  Government  supports  States  and  UTs  for  implementation  of  various provisions of the Right to Education Act including expenditure incurred towards reimbursement to private schools for admissions of children under Section 12(1)(c). The approved outlay under the Inclusive  Education  (IE)  component  under  Samagra  Shiksha  for  the  year  2022-23  state-wise including Tamil Nadu is placed at Annexure. 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  also  been  made  under Samagra 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  details  of  School  Infrastructure  approved  under  Samagra  Shiksha  for  accessibility  of physically disabled children are as under:

(Rs in lakh)

| Civil Works   | Ramps    | Ramps   | CwSN Toilets   | CwSN Toilets   |
|---------------|----------|---------|----------------|----------------|
| Year          | Physical | Amount  | Physical       | Amount         |
| 2021-2022     | 2515     | 823.62  | 5800           | 10979.82       |
| 2022-2023     | 5326     | 1672.2  | 3026           | 4718.8         |
| Total         | 7841     | 2495.82 | 8826           | 15698.62       |

Source: Civil Works/PRABANDH Unit, TSG

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Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) and (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *180 ASKED BY SHRI P RAVINDHRANATH, HON'BLE MP, LOK SABHA TO BE  ANSWERED  ON  19.12.2022,  REGARDING  'BASIC  FACILITIES  AVAILABLE  FOR SPECIAL NEED CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS'

Approved outlay under the IE component for the year 2022-23 (Rs in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           |   Financial |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands        |      167.36 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |    10195.5  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |      716.62 |
| 4         | Assam                              |     4693.2  |
| 5         | Bihar                              |     6149.94 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |      308.22 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |     3179.95 |
| 8         | Delhi                              |     5467.24 |
| 9         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      109.12 |
| 10        | Goa                                |      123.95 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |     9514.88 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |     2685.63 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |      944.72 |
| 14        | Jammu And Kashmir                  |     1071.16 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |     1807.09 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |     5434.29 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |    13019    |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |       67.98 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |       59.28 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |     5244.44 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |    19766.6  |
| 22        | Manipur                            |      725.68 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |      438.82 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |      553.69 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |      201.01 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |     5899.11 |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |      109.95 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |     3313.19 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |     6312.81 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |      268.21 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |     8116.44 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |     4022.07 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |      872.41 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |     8989.72 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |      560.87 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |     8168.96 |
| All India | All India                          |   139279    |

Source: PRABANDH Portal