Children With Special Needs (CWSN) studying in the capital’s government schools, will now get pick-and-drop facility to reach school. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) has disbursed Rs 1.52 crore to schools to provide the facility. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-govt-gives-rs-1-52-crore-to-pick-and-drop-children-with-special-needs/ Schools will spend Rs 250 on a child per month to provide the facility. Children will be picked up from their homes and dropped back after school.
All government-run schools, including those run by the Directorate of Education, the civic corporations and the Delhi Cantonment Board, have been provided money for the facility. Students from Class I to VIII, irrespective of the degree of disability, will be eligible for the pick-and-drop. “Getting children with special needs physically inside schools is a major issue. The escort facility will help convince parents to let these children sit in classrooms,” a source said. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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..
