期刊名称:SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
印刷版ISSN:2319-4766
电子版ISSN:2278-8808
出版年度:2021
卷号:8
期号:65
页码:14869-14874
语种:English
出版社:SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL'S
摘要:The Constitution of India (1950), Article 41, states the ‘Right to Education and Work’ and Article 45 on ‘Free Compulsory Education for All Children up to the Age of 14 Years’, both Articles are inclusive of children with mental retardation. The Education Commission, 1964-66 directed to move education for persons with disabilities from that of the charity mode to one of the rights mode, hoping that at least 5 per cent of the persons with mental retardation should have received education by 1986. It lay emphasis on making persons with disabilities as useful citizens in their adult lives. The Commission further recommended that both special schools and schools in the integrated school system should include persons with disabilities. The present paper focused on the study of various policies and program of disabled children in India with the prime objectives are (i) To understand the concept of disabled children (ii) To understand the policies of disabled children in India. (iii) To discuss the programs of disabled children in India.