All children deserve the right to an education, including those with Special Needs. In the past few years, there has been a significant change in the society’s views on education of children and inclusive classrooms. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has recognized the importance of creating enabling mechanisms for providing Children with Special Needs (CWSN), the same opportunities of obtaining quality education as any other child. Para 6.10 to 6.14 of NEP 2020 deals with the provisions and strategies for such category of children.

While the Indian education system and successive government policies have made steady progress towards bringing gender and social category gaps in all levels of school education, large disparities still remain-especially at the secondary level. The education system must aim to include inclusiveness and equity to benefit all children so that no child loses any opportunity to learn and excel because of circumstances of birth or background.

            It is time for all schools to have a better knowledge in this subject. With that in mind, the Nagaland Board of School Education in collaboration with the Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities is organizing a webinar on ‘Awareness on Inclusive Education’ on 22nd November, 2021 at 1:00 PM. All Heads of Registered Institutions have been directed to attend the webinar without fail.

The programme and the link for the webinar will be shared in the District Whatsapp groups at a later date.

                                                                                                (DIPR)