New Delhi: The government will set up a
committee on inclusive education which will suggest, among
other things, special measures required for educating the
disabled children, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday.
"The round-table will look at all problems, including
those faced by the physically challenged persons. We will also
speak to the Unque Identification Authority of India for
conducting a mapping of the disabled people so that the data
can be used during policy formation," he told reporters on the
sidelines of a book release programme.
Sibal said the mapping will help the government know
the number of disabled people, their degree of disability and
how many such children are there in the school system.
He said new schools and universities to be built by
the government henceforth will have all facilities to ensure
that physically challenged students get access to education.
Efforts will be made to have such facilities in the
old institutions too, he said.
The government will try to amend the Right To
Education Act during the current Parliament session to include
all types of disabled children under the Act, he said.
Sibal released two books -- Inclusive Education Across
Culture and The Journey of Inclusive Education in Indian
Sub-continent -- written by activist Mithu Alur.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 02, 2009, 20:28