Lok Sabha Question No. 229 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Special Education for Differently Abled Children
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

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

STARRED QUESTION NO.229* TO BE ANS WERED ON 10.05.2016

## Special Education for Differently Abled Children

## * '229. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

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

- (a) the details of National Institutes facilitatinghproviding education for blind, deaf; dumb and mentally challenged children in the country; special
- (c) the amount allocated to such Institutes and funds utilized in this regard during each of the last three years, institution-wise;
- (6) the details of facilities provided by the said Institutes along with the number of such children availing the benefits at present;
- (d) whether facilities are inadequate to cater to the needs of education for all the eligible children and if the details thereof indicating the number of such children to be covered; and special yet SO,
- (e) the corrective steps being taken to provide education to all eligible children? special

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI THAA WAR CHAND GEHLOT)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement in answer to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No*229 for 10.05.2016 by Shri Chandrakant Khaire regarding Special Education for Differently Abled Children:

(a)-(b): There are (7) seven National  Institutes (NIs) and (11) eleven Composite Regional Centres (CRCs) working in the field of disability. The main objectives of these Institutes and CRC s are to train Rehabilitation  Personnel in the various fields of disabilities, providing Rehabilitation Services to the Persons with Disabilities and Research and Development in these domain:

Besides these, three NIs, namely National Institute for Visually Handicapped (NIVH): Dehradun and National Institute for Mentally Handicapped (NIMH), Secunderabad and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute for Physically Handicapped (PDUIPH), New Delhi are also running the following schools/centres for disabled children:

|                                                                                                                   | Name of SchooVCentre_                                                                                           | Number of students                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Name of National Institute National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun (NIVH)                           | (i) Model School for the Visually Impaired_Dehradun:                                                            | 240 (Visually Impaired)                 |
| (ii) Hill Model of Inclusive Education Centre at Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) and Shillong (Meghalaya)                |                                                                                                                 | 143 (Visually Impaired)                 |
| (iii)The Institute Regional Chapter at Kolkata runs a school programme for  children in age group of 3 to 5 years |                                                                                                                 | 28 (Visually Impaired)                  |
| (iv) A home based programme is being   run in the slum area of Hooghly District of West Bengal                    |                                                                                                                 | 45 (Visually Impaired)                  |
| (v) A Care Centre is being run at Composite Regional Centre at Sundarnagar; Himachal Pradesh: Day                 |                                                                                                                 | 92 (Visually Impaired)                  |
| National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped; Secunderabad (NIMH)                                              | (1) A Special Education Centre at its Headquarters_Secunderabad                                                 | 115 (Mentally Retarded)                 |
| (ii) A Model  Special  Education Centre at New Delhi                                                              |                                                                                                                 | 75 (Mentally Retarded)                  |
| (iii) A Model Special Education Centre at   NOIDA for   mentally retarded children:                               | 52 (Mentally Retarded)                                                                                          |                                         |
| Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute for Physically Handicapped (PDUIPH) New Delhi                                | (1) Integrated Primary School at New Delhi for children with mild to moderate locomotor disability at New Delhi | 70 (Children with locomotor disability) |

| National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (NIEPMD); Chennai   | NIEPMD Special Model School (ii) Inclusive Play School   | 140 (Children with Multiple Disabilities) 30   (Children with   Multiple Disabilities)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

However; running these schools is not the main duty/ work of these Institutes, but serve as the training place for the rehabilitation students to firsthand experience in their fields by teaching and looking after the children with disabilities they get

- (c) The details of funds allocated and utilized by the above four (4) NIs during last three years as under:-

Rs. in crore

| S No   | Name of NIs                                                                       | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|        |                                                                                   | Allocated | utilized  | Allocated | utilized  | Allocated- | utilized  |
| 1_     | National Institute for Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun                      | 30.65     | 29.93     | 28.57     | 28.02     | 33.23      | 32.42     |
| 2      | National Institute for Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) Secunderabad                   | 17.82     | 17.42     | 15.67     | 14.30     | 17.92      | 17.92     |
| 3_     | Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Institute for Physically Handicapped (PDUIPH), New Delhi | 19.00     | 16.48     | 18.94     | 18.15     | 18.81      | 18.34     |
| 4      | National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (NIEPMD); Chennai | 11.00     | 9.26      | 10.25     | 9.07      | 15.52      | 15.52     |

During the financial years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16, the funds to the tune of Rs.482.40 lakh; Rs.1352.19 lakh and Rs.2461.06 lakh have been utilized by the CRCs, respectively.

(d)-(e) Arrangements of schools in National Institutes has been established as per norms and adequate facilities are provided to ensure proper education. special being