Lok Sabha Question No. 1573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Schools for Deaf & Dumb Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.05.2016

## Schools for Deaf & Dumb Students

## 1573 . SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- dumb children in the
- (b) the total number of schools dedicated to deaf and dumb children in the country including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether there are adequate number of schools and trained teachers in all such schools and if s0, the details thereof; and such
- (d) if not,  whether the Government is likely to make adequate arrangement of schools and teachers to impart education to such children? special

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) As per Census 2011, State/UTs-wise population of persons with speech  impairment and persons with hearing impairment in the age group of 0-19 years, including the State of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively. Separate data on the number of deaf & dumb children in the country is not maintained
- (b) Under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) all schools (Govt: ad Govt; aided) are inclusive schools As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) including the State of Uttar Pradesh:

Further; the total number of schools for deaf and dumb children assisted under Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) is 67, including 11 schools in the State of Uttar Pradesh special

Ali   Yavar National Hearing Handicapped (A YJNHH), there are 388 Schools for hearing impaired in the country. In the State of Uttar Pradesh, there are 15 schools listed for hearing Impaired. Jung

- (c) & (d) (i) A total number of25315 trained Special Educators in the area ofhearing impairment are registered with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI); in the Central  Rehabilitation Registrar.
- (ii) There is a provision of 5670 seats of educators in the area of Hearing Impairment (HI) every year in the institutions approved by Rehabilitation Council of India a8 per the details given below: special
- (iii) Under Central Sector Scheme Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) grantsin-aid is provided to NGOs working for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) The Scheme prescribes for one special educator for every eight students with disabilities
- (iv) Inclusive Education of the Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) component of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) provides for appointment of Special Educators in the Government; local body and Government-aided schools in the ratio of 1:5 (one educator for every five students with disabilities). If the numbers of students with disabilities are less, this teacher could also work for other schools in the cluster: In addition, under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA); two Resource Persons for Inclusive Education for students with disabilities are provided for Block Resource Centre (BRC) at the block level. special

| Sr. No_   | Name of the Programme                         |   No. of Centres |   Sanctioned Seats per centre |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
|           | Diploma in Education Special Education (HI)   |              133 |                            30 |    3990 |
| 2         | Bachelor in Education Special Education (HII) |               51 |                            30 |    1530 |
| 3         | Master in Education  Special Education (HI)   |               10 |                            15 |     150 |

Annexure referred to the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1573 for answered on 03.05.2016 State/UTs-wise   number of persons with Speech Impairment in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011

| SNo.   | State/UT Name              | Number of Persons with speech impairment   |
|--------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|        | [NDIA                      | 683,771                                    |
|        | JAMMU & KASHMIR            | 2,605                                      |
| 2      | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 2,592                                      |
| 3      | PUNJAB                     | 8,599                                      |
| 4      | CHANDIGARH                 | 321                                        |
| 5      | UTTARAKHAND                | 4,397                                      |
| 6      | HARYANA                    | 8,685                                      |
| 7      | NCT OF DELHI               |                                            |
| 8      | RAJASTHAN                  | 28,654                                     |
| 9      | UTTAR PRADESH              | 108,924                                    |
| 10     | BIHAR                      | 71,797                                     |
| 11     | SIKKIM                     | 322                                        |
| 12     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 548                                        |
| 13     | NAGALAND                   | 730                                        |
| 14     | MANIPUR                    | 914                                        |
| 15     | MIZORAM                    | 344                                        |
| 16     | TRIPURA                    | 1,650                                      |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA                  | 1,242                                      |
| 18     | ASSAM                      | 14,930                                     |
| 19     | WEST BENGAL                | 53,166                                     |
| 20     | JHARKHAND                  |                                            |
| 21     | ODISHA                     | 24,928                                     |
| 22     | CHHATTISGARH               | 11,641                                     |
| 23     | MADHYA PRADESH             | 28,770                                     |
| 24     | GUJARAT                    | 22,977                                     |
| 25     | DAMAN & DIU                | 50                                         |
| 26     | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI       | 88                                         |
| 27     | MAHARASHTRA                | 117,290                                    |
| 28     | ANDHRA PRADESH (Undivided) | 64,702                                     |
| 29     | KARNATAKA                  | 35,431                                     |
|        | GOA                        | 1,070                                      |
| 31     | LAKSHADWEEP                | 19                                         |
| 32     | KERALA                     | 10,666                                     |
| 33     | TAMIL NADU                 | 24,173                                     |
| 34     | PUDUCHERRY                 | 465                                        |
| 35     | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS  | 205                                        |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1573 for answered on 03.05.2016

| State/UT-wise  number of persons with Hearing Impairment in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | State/UT-wise  number of persons with Hearing Impairment in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | State/UT-wise  number of persons with Hearing Impairment in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                        | State/UT Name                                                                                                | Number of_persons with hearing impairment_                                                                   |
|                                                                                                              | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                                                              | 21455                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                            | HMMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                             | 4,640                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                            | PUNJAB                                                                                                       | 43,834                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                            | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                   | 647                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                            | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                  |                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                            | HARYANA                                                                                                      | 36,059                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                            | NCT OF DELHI                                                                                                 | 8,902                                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                                            | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                    | 54,656                                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                                            | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                | 414,367                                                                                                      |
| 10                                                                                                           | BIHAR                                                                                                        | 240,990                                                                                                      |
| 11                                                                                                           | SIKKIM                                                                                                       | 841                                                                                                          |
| 12                                                                                                           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                            | 2,616                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                           | NAGALAND                                                                                                     | 2,167                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                           | MANIPUR                                                                                                      | 3,778                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                           | MIZORAM                                                                                                      | 609                                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                                           | TRIPURA                                                                                                      | 2,621                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                           | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                    | 4,840                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                           | ASSAM                                                                                                        |                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                           | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                  | 83,339                                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                                           | JHARKHAND                                                                                                    | 57,554                                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                                           | ODISHA                                                                                                       | 62,755                                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                                           | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                 | 19,052                                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                                           | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                               | 84,695                                                                                                       |
| 24                                                                                                           | GUJARAT                                                                                                      | 50,737                                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                                           | DAMAN & DIU                                                                                                  | 75                                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                                           | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                         | 215                                                                                                          |
| 27                                                                                                           | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                  | 130,302                                                                                                      |
| 28                                                                                                           | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                               | 82,951                                                                                                       |
| 29                                                                                                           | KARNATAKA                                                                                                    | 68,750                                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                                           | GOA                                                                                                          | 990                                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                                           | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                  | 58                                                                                                           |
| 32                                                                                                           | KERALA                                                                                                       | 18,568                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                              | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                   | 960                                                                                                          |
| 35                                                                                                           | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                                                    | 232                                                                                                          |