Factors Influencing the Accessibility of Education for Children with Disabilities in India

Autor/in	Limaye, Sandhya
Titel	Factors Influencing the Accessibility of Education for Children with Disabilities in India
Quelle	In: Global Education Review, 3 (2016) 3, S.43-56 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2325-663X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Disabilities; Educational Policy; Barriers; Dropout Rate; Equal Education; Educational Quality; Parent Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Government Role; School Personnel; Disability Discrimination; Public Opinion; Civil Rights; Social Bias; Teacher Attitudes; Poverty; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Handicap; Behinderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Elternverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Schulpersonal; Öffentliche Meinung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Lehrerverhalten; Armut; Indien
Abstract	The Central and State governments in India have formulated programs and policies over the years for children with disabilities in order to help them to enter mainstream society. However, despite these policies, children with disabilities are amongst the most disadvantaged in terms of access to schooling and completion of elementary education, as their needs are not met effectively. Based on my personal experiences, research, and communication with different stakeholders involved in the field of education for children with disabilities over the last 30 years, this paper explores the broader challenges in the current education system with respect to issues of quality of education and drop-out rates of primary students with disabilities. A number of factors that influence the accessibility of education for children with disabilities are presented including: perceptions of parents of children with disabilities and their difficulties in helping their children with disabilities, the general attitude of society, government officials, school staff and infrastructure, inadequate levels of training of key stakeholders, invisibility of disability in community, poverty, lack of acceptance, lack of interest, gender discrimination, lack of awareness, poor physical access, availability of various support systems, and government policies focusing on the education of children with disabilities in specific. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01