CBSE Circular | Children with Special Needs (CWSN) - Integration

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATIOCENTRAL EDUCATION
“Shiksha Kendra”, 2, Community Center,
Preet Vihar, Delhi-110092
CM/CBSE/ACAD/HEALTH/2009 December 24, 2009

Circular No. 65
All the Heads of Independent Schools
Affiliated to the CBSE

Subject : Children with Special Needs (CWSN) – Integration.

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Guidelines of Inclusive Education of Children with Disabilities (IECD) each school is advised :

1. to ensure that no child with special needs is denied admission in Mainstream Education
2. to monitor the enrollment in schools of disabled children
3. to provide support through assistive devices and the availability of trained teachers
4. to modify the existing physical infrastructure and teaching methodologies to meet the needs of all children including Children with Special Needs
5. to ensure that 3% reservation of persons with disabilities is done in all institutions receiving funds from Government (Under The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995)
6. to ensure that all schools are made disabled friendly by 2020 and all educational institutions including hostels, libraries, laboratories and buildings will have barrier free access for the disabled
7. to ensure availability of Study material for the disabled and Talking Text Books, Reading Machines and computers with speech software
8. to ensure an adequate number of sign language interpreters, transcription services and a loop induction system will be introduced for the hearing handicapped students
9. to revisit classroom organization required for the education of Children with Special Needs
10. to ensure regular in-service training of teachers in inclusive education at the elementary and secondary level.

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