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Title: Creating Inclusive Schools in India Challenges and lessons learned


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Creating Inclusive Schools in India Challenges
and lessons learned
  • Imtiaz Mohammed Head of Programmes Asia and
    AmericasLeonard Cheshire Disability

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Indian context
Official Census 21.9 million disabled people.
Of this, 52 (11 million) are illiterate
  • Children with disabilities 5 times more likely to
    be out-of-school than average.
  • Children with disabilities rarely progress beyond
    primary education i.e. their presence in
    secondary and higher education is almost nil.
  • Illiteracy extremely high among children with
    visual, multiple and intellectual disabilities.
  • Among people with mild disabilities illiteracy is
    50, Severe disabilities it is 75.

Source People with Disabilities in India From
Commitments to Outcomes, World Bank, Jul 09
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Indian context
Good Policies in place
  • India ratified UNCRPD, signatory of Salamanca
    Declaration
  • National Persons with Disabilities Act which
    mentions rights based entitlement to basic
    education for disabled people
  • Government Universal Education Programme (Sarva
    Siksha Abhiyaan SSA) has a special focus on
    inclusion education. Key features of SSA -
  • Cash grant of Rs1200 (24) per year/child
  • Emphasis on micro-planning local education
    departments given leeway to plan
  • Involvement of other stakeholders like - resource
    institutions, NGOs etc.
  • Zero-rejection policy (No child having special
    needs can be denied enrollment)

4
Initiatives of Leonard Cheshire Disability
A regional programme across 4 countries
(Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)
  • Reaching out to 2701 children with disabilities.
  • 107 Child to child clubs formed
  • 2381 teachers trained
  • 217 schools made physically accessible

Figures as on September 09
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Core Areas of Work
Therapy, Aids, Basic training in mobility,
behavioral training, communication skills,
Caregiver training
Preparatory support
Sensitisation of school management, Facilitating
enrolment, Accessibility home and transport
Enrollment support
School accessibility, Teacher training, Peer
sensitisation, Accessible learning material,
tuitions etc., Access to govt. scholarships,
pensions
Retention support
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Key Challenges
  • Data on number of CwDs and their educational
    status not available/accurate
  • Negative attitudes of parents and school staff
    towards CwDs
  • Inaccessible physical environment
  • Inflexible curriculum, teaching and evaluation
    methods

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Key Challenges
  • Poverty
  • Often inflexible government bureaucracy
  • Enrollment of CwDs with moderate and
    severe/mulitple disabilities difficult
  • NGOs and Govt agencies hesitant to collaborate
    with the projects as they feel addressing
    disability is a specialised area and they need to
    spend more resources.

8
Lessons Learned
  • A collaborative approach with government and NGOs
    is needed for sustainability. Do not duplicate
  • A good referral network should be established
    with local resources (aids/appliances, hospitals,
    block resource centres, Govt departments, NGOs
    etc)
  • Involving the community, specially parents is
    important.
  • Special education/Resource Teacher support is
    essential

9
Lessons Learned
  • IE is not just about education. Promote
    socialization among CwDs and their peers through
    Childrens Clubs and other extracurricular
    activities.
  • For grievance redressal facilitate formation of
    SHGs/Parents groups
  • Create demonstrable models which serve as an
    effective tool for influencing policy .
  • One size does not match all - a customised
    approach for each child depending on their
    disability

10
Evaluation what have we seen?
  • 68 of children with disabilities (girls 40
    and boys 60) have been retained in primary
    education in the target areas.
  • There has been a marked improvement in the
    visibility of children with disabilities in
    schools compared to the previous years.
  • The knowledge of the school community on
    disability is evolving, and they have
    demonstrated positive attitudes. Teachers are
    also gradually acquiring skills on disability.
    Accessibility in schools is also beginning to
    improve.

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Evaluation what have we seen?
  • In some locations, the projects are being invited
    by government and non-government organizations as
    resource persons in training programmes on
    inclusive education.
  • The projects have established referral networks
    to enable persons with disabilities access to
    services from various organizations like
    hospitals, government agencies etc.

12
I love to go to school
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I love to go to school..
  • My name is Sumair, I live in Gonekoppal, Coorg,
    India. I love listening to music. I had never
    thought that one day I would go to school. I used
    to feel very lonely without anyone to play with
    and was afraid of the children who teased me.
  • Then one day people from Cheshire Home Coorg
    visited my family, talked to me and my parents.
    After a few days they cam again and took
    measurements of my body and got me a special
    chair, which was very comfortable. They also
    taught my parents ho to support me in my daily
    life. My dream of playing with other children
    came true when they took me to their Day Care
    Centre. There I met several other children and
    learned to read and write.

14
I love to go to school
  • Later, I was taken to nearby Government School
    (Ammathy) where lots of children study. They
    spoke to the school management about my admission
    and got me enrolled there. I cannot forget my
    first day at the big school. I was hesitant and
    spoke little. But the teacher was good to me and
    so were the others. I am happy now and the best
    part is that I love to go to school

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Children at school
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Volunteers training
17
Caregivers training
18
ADLS training
19
Speech therapy training to care givers
20
Campaigning for education
21
Block level education department officials
training
22
Accessible school
23
Adapted learning materials
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Thank you!!!
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