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� supporting the development of inclusive curriculum at the national and state
levels, providing inputs for development of inclusive textbooks and suggesting
reforms in the examination procedures from the perspective of groups with
special needs;
� developing teaching learning materials like teachers’ guides, manuals, index
for inclusion, training guidelines and Braille literacy curriculum;
� advising and supporting the Centre, States, NGOs and international and
national level agencies;
� networking and drawing linkages between various departments,
organisations and people involved in the education of special focus groups;
� conducting activities under the SSA’s national component for special focus
groups; and
� acting as a clearing house for researches and developed materials.
The department has taken up a number of projects to promote inclusive
education and thereby development of children from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes, minorities and children with disabilities within the framework of National
Curriculum Framework-2005, the Position Papers of the National Focus Groups
and the constitutional provisions. The issues and challenges like the learning to
read and write Braille Script, low literacy and low educational level of children
from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, assessment of children with special
needs, teaching in a multilingual and multicultural set up, education of linguistic
minorities have been addressed through various research, training and
development programmes conducted by the departments.
Major Activities
RESEARCH
An Exploratory Study of Home-based Education Practices for Children
with Special Needs in SSA
The study would explore the benefits and shortcomings of home based education
programme for Children with Special Needs under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
The overall objective is to assess the quality factors of home education practices
from the perspective of parents of children under the home based programme,
resource teachers, and administrators. Specifically, the study would assess the
nature of disabilities and the curriculum covered, the satisfaction of parents and
administrators regarding the implementation of home based education practices
and the suitability of the financial parameters underlying the home based
education. The data are being collected from the states of Uttarakhand, Goa and
Karnataka. The empirical evidence so collected would help the states in better
planning and implementing home based education programme under the sarva
shiksha abhiyan.
A Study on Challenges in Behaviours of School Going Children
The study was undertaken with the objective to identify the nature and severity
of challenges in behaviours of school going children. A workshop was conducted
to finalise the research tools at NIE, New Delhi from 15 to 16 December 2010. All
the research tools were also translated into Hindi. It was recommended that case
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