Lok Sabha Question No. 1216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Quota for Differently Abled Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  MAY, 2016

## Quota for Differently Abled Students

## 1216. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT मानव संसाधन िवकास मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  steps  taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for providing education to the differently abled students in the country;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  any  reserve  quota  for  differently  abled  students  in Education sector and if so, the details thereof and the total number of such boys and girls, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of total number of such students enrolled in the schools at Primary, Secondary and Higher-Secondary level, separately for boys and girls, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of funds spent by the Government on research technology for the differently abled during the last three years and the outcome thereof?

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

(a): Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a programme for universalising elementary education for all  children  from  6-14  years  of  age  aims  to  provide  inclusive  education  to  all  children including  differently  abled  in  general  schools.  SSA  ensures  that  every  child  with  special needs (CWSN), irrespective of the kind, category and degree of disability, is provided quality inclusive education. This includes special training, in the form  of school readiness programmes for CWSN, education through special schools, home schooling and community based rehabilitation.

Similarly,  the  Government  is  also  implementing  the  component  of Inclusive Education  for Disabled  at  Secondary  Stage  under  Centrally  sponsored  scheme  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha  Abhiyan  with  an  objective  to  enable  all  students  with  disabilities  who  have completed  eight  years  elementary  education,  an  opportunity  to  complete  four  years  of secondary schooling (Class IX to XII).

The  University  Grant  Commission  (UGC)  has  implemented  a  scheme  called  Higher education for Persons  with Special needs  which  is basically meant  for creating an environment  at the higher education institutions to enrich higher education learning experiences  for  differently-abled  persons.  Creating  awareness  about  the  capabilities  of differently-abled persons, constructions aimed  at improving  accessibility, purchase  of equipments to enrich learning etc. are the broad categories of assistance under the scheme.

(b):  The  focus  of  SSA  programme  is  on  inclusive  education,  wherein  all  differently  abled children are given admission in neighbourhood schools. Section 3 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act mandates free and compulsory education to all children  from  6-14  years  of  age  in  the  neighbourhood  schools,  including  differently  abled children. As per RTE Amendment Act, 2012 children with disability have also been included in the 25% admission quota given to disadvantaged children in private schools in consonance with  Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  RTE  Act.  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for Education  (UDISE),  2014-15  Children  with  special  needs  (CWSNs)  form  1.17  percent  of total  enrolment  at  the  elementary  level.  Under  Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  RTE  Act,  9260  and 10464 differently abled students have been enrolled in private schools in 2014-15 and 201516 respectively. State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

In terms of the provisions of Section 39 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 all Government educational institutions and other educational institutions receiving aid from the Government shall reserve not less than 3 per cent seats for persons with disabilities. There is a provision for reservation of 3% seats for disabled children in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas. UGC has also issued instructions to all the universities and colleges for providing 3% reservation in admissions  for  disabled  students.  The  provisions  mentioned  in  RTE  Act  and  Persons  with Disabilities  Act  are  enabling  legislations  and  do  not  restrict  reservation  for  admission  of disabled students within 3 per cent quota alone.

- (c): Details of total number of differently abled students enrolled in the schools at Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels are given at Annexure-II.
- (d):  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  &  Empowerment  is  the  nodal  ministry  for  research  and development activities related to Persons with Disabilities. The Department of Empowerment of  Persons  with  Disabilities  has  launched  a  scheme  'Research  on  Disability  Related Technology, Products and Issues' with effect from 15.01.2015. While no fund was released during the year 2014-15, the details of the project sanctioned and amount released during the year 2015-16 are as under:-

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Institute                                    | Sanctioned Project                                                                                                                                                   |   Amount Released ( ₹ in lakh) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh                       | Major Research on Study on Somatotype, physical efforts and perception of physical activities in persons with disabilities                                           |                          3.2   |
| 2.        | Vision Foundation for Development                        | Monitoring the level of disability engagement in selected CSR eligible companies and development of database for being involved in programs of disability department |                          1.6   |
| 3.        | National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad | Development of tool kit for assessing work competency among secondary and pre- vocational students.                                                                  |                          0.628 |
| 3.        | National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad | Sexuality education package for persons with intellectuals disability-an introduction manual for parents, care-givers and individuals with intellectuals disability  |                          8     |
| 3.        | National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad | Development of Indian Test of Intelligence                                                                                                                           |                         16     |
| Total     | Total                                                    | Total                                                                                                                                                                |                         29.428 |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016 ASKED BY SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL  AND  SHRI  RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA  REGARDING  'QUOTA  FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED STUDNETS'

No. of Differently Abled Students admitted in Private Schools as per Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act in 2014-15 and 2015-16

|   Sl. No | State / UT                |   No. of Differently Abled Students admitted in Private Schools under RTE Act in 2014-15 |   No. of Differently Abled Students admitted in Private Schools under RTE Act in 2015-16 |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|        4 | Assam                     |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|        5 | Bihar                     |                                                                                      329 |                                                                                      395 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                |                                                                                       18 |                                                                                       29 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh              |                                                                                      367 |                                                                                      829 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu                |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       10 | Delhi                     |                                                                                     5719 |                                                                                     5783 |
|       11 | Goa                       |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       12 | Gujarat                   |                                                                                       73 |                                                                                       91 |
|       13 | Haryana                   |                                                                                      489 |                                                                                      468 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir            |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       16 | Jharkhand                 |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       17 | Karnataka                 |                                                                                       30 |                                                                                       84 |
|       18 | Kerala                    |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep               |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                                                      194 |                                                                                      257 |
|       21 | Maharashtra               |                                                                                       56 |                                                                                      113 |
|       22 | Manipur                   |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       23 | Meghalaya                 |                                                                                      760 |                                                                                     1348 |
|       24 | Mizoram                   |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       25 | Nagaland                  |                                                                                      254 |                                                                                      279 |
|       26 | Odisha                    |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        6 |
|       27 | Puducherry                |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       28 | Punjab                    |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       29 | Rajasthan                 |                                                                                      889 |                                                                                      667 |
|       30 | Sikkim                    |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                |                                                                                       29 |                                                                                       46 |
|       32 | Telangana                 |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       33 | Tripura                   |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand               |                                                                                       47 |                                                                                       61 |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                                                        6 |                                                                                        8 |
|       36 | West Bengal               |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 |

Source:  SSA State Implementation Societies

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016 ASKED BY SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL  AND  SHRI  RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA  REGARDING  'QUOTA  FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED STUDNETS'

State/UT-wise Enrolment of the Differently Abled Students

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                | Primary Level   | Primary Level   | Upper Primary Level   | Upper Primary Level   | Secondary& Higher Secondary Level   | Secondary& Higher Secondary Level   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                | Boys            | Girls           | Boys                  | Girls                 | Boys                                | Girls                               |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 167             | 106             | 90                    | 67                    | 133                                 | 78                                  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 37793           | 28276           | 14369                 | 13074                 | 6672                                | 6766                                |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 2921            | 2550            | 1043                  | 1126                  | 262                                 | 244                                 |
| 4         | Assam                    | 39955           | 28036           | 11007                 | 9261                  | 2377                                | 2263                                |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 77363           | 56136           | 25708                 | 20974                 | 5442                                | 4035                                |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 1313            | 762             | 1478                  | 1047                  | 612                                 | 455                                 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 28251           | 22292           | 13747                 | 11296                 | 2836                                | 2210                                |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 149             | 78              | 70                    | 49                    | 43                                  | 30                                  |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               | 62              | 45              | 43                    | 18                    | 12                                  | 5                                   |
| 10        | Delhi                    | 6314            | 5005            | 5688                  | 4933                  | 4161                                | 4100                                |
| 11        | Goa                      | 802             | 483             | 794                   | 425                   | 353                                 | 195                                 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  | 35884           | 24539           | 22553                 | 15010                 | 7231                                | 4136                                |
| 13        | Haryana                  | 12355           | 8122            | 7915                  | 5392                  | 3310                                | 2481                                |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         | 3791            | 2710            | 2665                  | 1953                  | 1641                                | 1223                                |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 9624            | 6714            | 4736                  | 3196                  | 1733                                | 1271                                |
| 16        | Jharkhand                | 30116           | 23033           | 10636                 | 9654                  | 1238                                | 1833                                |
| 17        | Karnataka                | 41440           | 29685           | 23357                 | 16828                 | 6385                                | 4653                                |
| 18        | Kerala                   | 33838           | 23765           | 29625                 | 22599                 | 14226                               | 9726                                |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              | 96              | 69              | 58                    | 37                    | 30                                  | 20                                  |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           | 38529           | 28965           | 20159                 | 15903                 | 7709                                | 5762                                |
| 21        | Maharashtra              | 105671          | 70410           | 59379                 | 45520                 | 23747                               | 19922                               |
| 22        | Manipur                  | 3669            | 2863            | 998                   | 865                   | 192                                 | 209                                 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                | 3193            | 2437            | 616                   | 615                   | 122                                 | 143                                 |
| 24        | Mizoram                  | 2572            | 2057            | 1251                  | 1262                  | 414                                 | 559                                 |
| 25        | Nagaland                 | 2309            | 1858            | 646                   | 647                   | 109                                 | 128                                 |
| 26        | Odisha                   | 42394           | 29652           | 22287                 | 16568                 | 4917                                | 4262                                |
| 27        | Puducherry               | 285             | 208             | 216                   | 194                   | 134                                 | 144                                 |
| 28        | Punjab                   | 38238           | 25144           | 16420                 | 16687                 | 3473                                | 4238                                |
| 29        | Rajasthan                | 50082           | 33445           | 19710                 | 14393                 | 3554                                | 2307                                |
| 30        | Sikkim                   | 401             | 257             | 179                   | 141                   | 50                                  | 36                                  |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               | 49070           | 33258           | 31223                 | 24799                 | 5750                                | 4788                                |
| 32        | Telangana                | 22923           | 17846           | 7296                  | 6781                  | 3292                                | 3577                                |
| 33        | Tripura                  | 1298            | 917             | 734                   | 560                   | 359                                 | 320                                 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand              | 111080          | 83089           | 33317                 | 27287                 | 3667 879                            | 2949                                |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh            | 4879            | 3568            | 1820                  | 1593                  |                                     | 691                                 |
| 36        | West Bengal              | 74116           | 53550           | 24691                 | 21564                 | 13130                               | 11400                               |
|           | Total                    | 912943          | 651930          | 416524                | 332318                | 130195                              | 107159                              |

Source: UDISE- 2014-15