The Special Case of the Right to Primary Education of Children with Disabilities in India: Legally Lacking

• Autores: Payel Rai Chowdhury
• Localización: Global Education Magazine, ISSN-e 2255-033X, Nº. 6, 2013
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The education of children with disabilities must be organized not merely on humanitarian grounds, but also because proper education enables a disabled child to largely overcome his/her handicap, and makes him or her a useful citizen. Social justice also demands and it has to be remembered that the constitutional directive on compulsory education under Article 21-A includes children with disabilities as well. Very little has been done in this field so far on account of several excuses. There is much we could learn from the educationally advanced countries which in recent years have developed new methods and techniques based on advances in sciences and medicine. It may be reiterated that the primary task of education for a disabled child is to prepare him for his socio-cultural environment. It is essential, therefore, that the education of children with disabilities be an inalienable part of the general educational system