The Challenges and Opportunities to Implement Inclusive Education in West Bengal
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Inclusive Education (IE) is a new approach towards educating the children with disability and learning difficulties with normal ones within the same roof. It brings all students together in one classroom and community, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses in any area, and seeks to maximize the potential of all students. It is one of the most effective ways to promote an inclusive and tolerant society. It is known that 73 million children of primary school age were out of school in 2010, down from a high of over 110 million out-ofschool children in the mid-1990s, according to new estimates by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). About eighty percent of Indian population lives in rural areas without provision for special schools. It means, there are an estimated 8 million children out of school in India (Educational Statistics At a Glance, 2017), many of whom are marginalized by dimensions such as poverty, gender, disability, and caste. In West Bengal, inclusive education for children with disability has only recently been accepted in policy and in principle. In light of supportive policy and legislation, the present paper argues for individual initiative on part of schools to implement programmes of inclusive education for children with mild to moderate disabilities in their elementary school classrooms. The paper provides guidelines in a generalized mode that schools can follow to initiate such programmes. The guidelines were derived from an empirical study which entailed examining prevalent practices and introducing inclusion in a regular school setting. It is suggested that schools can implement inclusive education programmes if they are adequately prepared, are able to garner support of all stakeholders involved in the process and have basic resources to run the programmes. The guidelines also suggest ways in which curriculum adaptations, teaching methodology and evaluation procedures can be adapted to suit needs of children with special needs. Issues of role allocation and seeking support of parents and peers are also dealt with.
Authors and Affiliations
Mukherjee Kaushik, Bera,Gouri Sankar.
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