Abstract
The development of any nation depends on its citizens. Every citizen has their contribution to the development of a nation even the disabled person. They also have an equal rights to get a higher education. Higher education increases the chance of employability, thus, affirming dignified life for persons with disabilities. As per Census 2011, in India, out of the 121 Cr population, about 2.68 Cr persons are ‘disabled’ which is 2.21% of the total population. But it has been seen that very few of these people reach higher education. According to census 2011, 61% of the disabled children aged 5-19 years are attending an educational institution, 12% attended educational institutions earlier while 27% never attended educational institutions. That makes the author think and ask about how our higher education institutions are accessible for disabled students. How inclusive are our higher education institutions? In the light of the above-mentioned problems the present paper has discussed the education of children with special needs in higher education specifically with respect to visual impairment, hearing impairement, locomotor disability, and speech-related impairment. The discussion starts with what all kind of legal provisions and reservations which are there for them in higher education and how many are utilized and used by them. What all things are there in the new education policy for them specifically in higher education, whether their needs have been realized in detail or it has been just touched superficially and at the end, few suggestions related to all these issues have been discussed.
Highlights
The world is evolving with the rapid speed where being a high school graduate doesn’t open up the doors to many rewarding careers as it did in past generations
Higher education increases the chance of employability, affirming dignified life for persons with disabilities
That makes the author think and ask about how our higher education institutions are accessible for disabled students
Summary
The world is evolving with the rapid speed where being a high school graduate doesn’t open up the doors to many rewarding careers as it did in past generations. Each citizen has their contribution to the development of a nation even the person with a disability whose contribution cannot be ignored They have equal rights to get into higher education. The new centre, too, was located in a basement to which a staircase had to be negotiated In another case, the JNU administration failed in providing Munesh, a visually impaired student, with prescribed texts in Braille/audio formats. The JNU administration failed in providing Munesh, a visually impaired student, with prescribed texts in Braille/audio formats It rejected his request for the mandated scribe and forced him to write both the sessional and end-semester exams on his own (Nagarajan, 2019). In the light of the above-mentioned problems the present paper has discussed the education of PwD students in higher education with respect to visual, hearing impaired, locomotor disabled and speech-related impairment
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