Useful links for Inclusive Education

From Karnataka Open Educational Resources

Informative websites on inclusive education

  1. Inclusion (education) - Wikipedia page
  2. Inclusive Education Resource Centre - This website hosts best practices, resources, and top tips to support inclusive practices in the Indian community. Explore the site to learn more about how to bring about inclusion in your setting, and contribute to the site by uploading your teaching practices and suggestions.
  3. Every child has the right to quality education and learning - Every child has the right to grow up in a safe and inclusive environment. UNICEF works with partners around the world to promote policies and expand access to services that protect all children. Children with disabilities, UNICEF works to ensure that children with disabilities and their families have access to all the services and support they need in their communities.
  4. Spastics Society of Karnataka - Mission unites in providing for the diagnosis, treatment, education, and rehabilitation of children with developmental disabilities, as well as promoting their welfare, care, and advancement.

Information on Government policies and schemes

1. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN) - Established in the year 1984 at Manovikasnagar, Secunderabad (TS) is an Autonomous Body under the administrative control of Deparment of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. NIEPID (Formely NIMH) is dedicated to provide quality services to Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangjan) in the National interest.

2. Unique Disability ID - Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

"Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities” project is being implemented with a view of creating a National Database for PwDs, and to issue a Unique Disability Identity Card to each person with disabilities. The project will not only encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering the government benefits to the person with disabilities, but also ensure uniformity. The project will also help in stream-lining the tracking of physical and financial progress of beneficiary at all levels of hierarchy of implementation – from village level, block level, District level, State level and National level.

3. A POSITION PAPER ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN KARNATAKA STATE - The NEP 2020 seeks to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” by 2030.

4. Intervention_Inclusive Education- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Department of public instruction.

5. Inclusive Education, Karnataka (SI5306) - Department of school Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

6. Inclusion in Education - A Manual for School Management Committee, NCERT.