Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs in India: A Review Study

Abstract

The child with special needs having problems like personal, social and many times academics in the school and they feel isolated in their environment and society. Earlier there were only special schools which taken care of these children problems. But now the philosophy has been changed, special, integration and inclusive approaches have come. The inclusive approach gave lot of emphasis on the educational inclusion of the child without any discrimination. The present paper discuss about the various provision for these children in India for education through acts and policies. There are many researches also conducted to change the attitude of the teachers, parents, professionals and community people towards the inclusion. The results of the studies indicated that the regular school teachers' attitude is more positive for children with special needs. They are in support of inclusive education of students with special needs. For the successful inclusion, the teachers suggested that there is a need for in-services training for normal school teachers on management of students with special needs, need for the best school policies, and support from the society, parents of disabled and non-disabled students.