Lok Sabha Question No. 1179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Special Educators
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## Special Educators

## †1179.      SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a)   whether it is a fact that two special educators have not been appointed in various Government and public schools; and
- (b)    if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  &  (b)  :  Under  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  the  norm  is  to  appoint  two resource  persons  exclusively  for  Children  With  Special  Needs  (CWSN)  at  Block Resource Centre.  Currently 20910 such resource persons are engaged under SSA for CWSN. State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

In  the  case  of  Inclusive  Education  for  Disabled  at  Secondary  Stage  (IEDSS) component  of  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan,  there  is  a  provision  in  the scheme  that  any  Government  or  Government  aided  school  where  the  number  of children  with  disability  is  more  than  five  should  appoint  one  special  educator.  At present 4450 special educators have been appointed in States/UTs under this scheme. State/UT wise details are given at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure referred in part ( a) & (b) of the reply of LSUSQ No.1179 for 07.12.2015 regarding Special Educators

## State wise Number of Resource Persons, for CWSN in SSA

| No.   | Name of the State   |   No. of RPs appointed for CWSN |
|-------|---------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1     | A &NIslands         |                              22 |
| 2     | A.P.                |                            1342 |
| 3     | Ar. Pradesh         |                              79 |
| 4     | Assam               |                             469 |
| 5     | Bihar               |                            1335 |
| 6     | Chandigarh          |                              25 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh        |                             215 |
| 8     | D &NHaveli          |                               4 |
| 9     | Daman &Diu          |                               3 |
| 10    | Delhi               |                              32 |
| 11    | Goa                 |                               7 |
| 12    | Gujarat             |                            1417 |
| 13    | Haryana             |                             162 |
| 14    | HP                  |                             154 |
| 15    | J&K                 |                              48 |
| 16    | Jharkhand           |                             375 |
| 17    | Karnataka           |                            1531 |
| 18    | Kerala              |                            1335 |
| 19    | Lakshadweep         |                               5 |
| 20    | MP                  |                             458 |
| 21    | Maharashtra         |                            2762 |
| 22    | Manipur             |                              98 |
| 23    | Meghalaya           |                              78 |
| 24    | Mizoram             |                              78 |
| 25    | Nagaland            |                              60 |
| 26    | Odisha              |                             632 |
| 27    | Puducherry          |                              18 |
| 28    | Punjab              |                             462 |
| 29    | Rajasthan           |                             558 |
| 30    | Sikkim              |                              53 |
| 31    | TN                  |                            2196 |
| 32    | Telengana           |                             934 |
| 33    | Tripura             |                              70 |
| 34    | Uttrakhand          |                               0 |
| 35    | UP                  |                            2615 |
| 36    | West Bengal         |                            1278 |
|       | Total               |                           20910 |

## Annexure referred in part ( a)  & (b) of the reply of LSUSQ No.1179 for 07.12.2015 regarding Special Educators

## State/UT wise Status of Special Educators under IEDSS :-

| SI.NO   | Name of the States /UT   |   Special Educators In Position |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar         |                               0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           |                               0 |
| 3       | Telangana                |                               0 |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh        |                               0 |
| 5       | Assam                    |                              37 |
| 6       | Bihar                    |                               0 |
| 7       | Chandigarh               |                               6 |
| 8       | Chhattisgarh             |                               0 |
| 9       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                               0 |
| 10      | Daman &Diu               |                               1 |
| 11      | Goa                      |                               2 |
| 12      | Gujarat                  |                            1033 |
| 13      | Haryana                  |                             324 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh         |                              18 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir           |                               0 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                |                               0 |
| 17      | Karnataka                |                              71 |
| 18      | Kerala                   |                             725 |
| 19      | Lakshadwee               |                               0 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh           |                               0 |
| 21      | Maharashtra              |                             840 |
| 22      | Manipur                  |                              49 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                |                               0 |
| 24      | Mizoram                  |                              45 |
| 25      | Nagaland                 |                               0 |
| 26      | Delhi                    |                             217 |
| 27      | Odisha                   |                             862 |
| 28      | Pudducherry              |                               0 |
| 29      | Punjab                   |                              20 |
| 30      | Rajasthan                |                               0 |
| 31      | Sikkim                   |                               3 |
| 32      | Tamil Naidu              |                             161 |
| 33      | Tripura                  |                               0 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh            |                               0 |
| 35      | Uttarkhand               |                              36 |
| 36      | West Bengal              |                               0 |
|         | Total                    |                            4450 |