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Special Education

Notes carried out by the teacher if formal assessment is to take a long time so that the educational
programme can be started for these children.

27.4 Facilities for Disabled Children

(i) A disabled child may be given the following kinds of facilities at the rates prevalent in the
State/UT concerned. The facilities should, as far as possible, be given in kind. In case similar
incentives are not being offered by the State Government/UT Administration under any other
scheme, the following rates could be adopted.
(a) Actual expenses on books and stationary up to Rs. 400 per annum.
(b) Actual expenses on uniform up to Rs. 200 per annum.
(c) Transport allowance up to Rs. 50 per month. If a disabled child admitted under the scheme
resides in the school hostel within the school premises, no transportation charges would
be admissible.
(d) Reader allowance of Rs. 50 per month in case of blind children after Class V.
(e) Escort allowance for severely handicapped with lower extremity disability at the rate of
Rs. 75 per month.
(f) Actual cost of equipment subject to a maximum of Rs. 2000 per student for a period of
five years.
(ii) In the case of severely orthopaedically handicapped children, it may be necessary to allow one
attendant for 10 children in a school. The attendant may be given the standard scale of pay
prescribed for Class IV employees in the State/UT concerned.
(iii) Disabled children residing in school hostels within the same institution where they are studying
may also be paid boarding and lodging charges as admissible under the State Government
rules/schemes. Where there is no State scheme of scholarships to hostelers, the disabled children
whose parental income does not exceed Rs. 5,000 per month may be paid actual boarding and
lodging charges subject to a maximum of Rs. 200 per month. However, disabled children should
generally not be placed in hostels unless the required educational facilities are not available in
the nearby schools.
(iv) Severely orthopaedically handicapped children residing in school hostels may need the assistance
of a helper or an ayah. A special pay of Rs. 50 per month is admissible to any employee of the
hostel willing to extend such help to children in addition to his/her duties.

The disabled children who are placed in special schools should also be integrated in
common schools once they acquire the communication and daily living skills at the
functional level.

Self Assessment
2. Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct option:
(i) The average cost of an assessment should not exceed ..................
(a) 100 per disabled child (b) 150 per disabled child
(c) 200 per disabled child (d) 250 per disabled child
(ii) The IEDC cell should provide printed for identification of disabled children. Assistance up to
` .............................. may be provided to the IEDC cell for this purpose.
(a) 5,000 ` (b) 10,000 ` (c) 20,000 ` (d) 40,000 `

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