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Written by Muralidharan |Updated: July 30, 2019 12:52:45 am

The writer is secretary, National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, in Delhi.

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Draft NEP labels disabled as ‘divyang’ and considers its duty is over.

unesco, children education india, india right to education, children with disabilities, Draft NEP, National education policy India, children with disabilities educaton, unesco building bridges not walls, unesco india right to education, indian express — The suggestions made in the Draft National Education Policy — which advocates a host of regressive proposals — will only worsen the situation.

In a damning indictment of policies pursued till now, the UNESCO’s State of the Education Report for India 2019 Children with Disabilities, points out that “among 5 year-olds with disabilities, three-fourths do not go to any educational institution. Nor do one-fourth of the CWD population aged between 5 and 19. The number of children enrolled in school drops significantly with each successive level of schooling… The proportion of children with disabilities who are out of school is much higher than the overall proportion of out-of-school children at the national level”. This does not take into account children “enrolled” but not attending school. And the suggestions made in the Draft National Education Policy — which advocates a host of regressive proposals — will only worsen the situation.