Goa finalising special education policy Secretary for Education speaks for children with disabilities Special Correspondent Panaji The Goa government is in the process of finalising a policy for special education and will announce it soon, State Secretary for Education Nila Mohanan said here on Saturday. Speaking at a function of the disability sector, Ms. Mohanan said that the policy was being vetted by the State Finance Department. A special scheme under the policy to make government contribution to special education will be announced once it is finalised. The government is aware that the availability of facilities including resource rooms and trained special educators for schools in the disability sector was not on par with the rising demand in the State, she said. “There is a huge gap between the two”, she added. Ms. Mohanan urged private and public educational institutions and aided-schools to work towards exploring how more special children can be mainstreamed in the education sector so that institutions are made more inclusive and resources are available for the really needy children.
Separate category The Goa government has also taken a policy decision that from next year the State Education Department will have a separate category of special educators in the annual list of teachers awarded and felicitated at the annual State-level Teachers’ Day function. Goa, according to the 2011 Census has nearly 33,000 persons with disabilities. However, president of Disability Rights Association of Goa, Avelino de Sa, says that the number must have gone up following the expanded list of disabilities which increased the number from seven to 21 as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
