Inclusive Education in 21st Century India

Inclusive Education in 21st Century India

Author Name : Dr. Dola Sarkar

ABSTRACT

Inclusive education means that all students attend and are welcomed by their neighbourhood school in age appropriate, regular classes and are supported to learn, contribute and participate in all aspects of the life of the school. Decroly founded a school for children with mild disabilities (behavioural disorders, learning disabilities, light mental retardations).He gradually invented his pedagogy. His responsibility of the school to manage teaching in such a way that the needs of all the children are met…An inclusive curriculum recognizes the need for the schools to organized with the individual differences of students in the mind and adopt flexibility to the enable all students to achieve their goals. In 1947, Govt. of India began an imitative in the education and rehabilitate of persons with disabilities. Inclusive education denotes that all children irrespective of their strengths and weaknesses will be part of the mainstream education. It is clear that education policy in India has gradually increased the focus on children and adults with special needs and that inclusive education in regular schools has become. The present paper tries to highlight the scenario   of inclusive education in India and the role of teachers in inclusive setting.

Key words: Inclusive education, Mild disorder, Behavioural disorder