Special education or special needs education is the practice of educating students with special need
The mission of Special Educators' Forum - India (SEFI) is to:
• promote awareness and understanding of issues and
developments related to the education and welfare of
individuals with special needs throughout the world;
• promote professional exchange between professionals in
special education, family members and individuals in
related disciplines internati
10/10/2022
Plight of Disabled Persons in India - Sentinelassam According to the census of 2011, the percentage of disabled persons in India is 2.2% and a total of 26.8 million people are suffering from different kinds of disabilities.
09/10/2022
Sitharaman inaugurates multi-disciplinary centre for children with special needs in Chennai Chennai, Oct 8 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday inaugurated a multi-disciplinary centre for children with special needs in Chennai.
02/10/2022
UGC Releases Guidelines For Differently-abled Students, to Offer Flexible Learning Styles The University Grants Commission (UGC) has rolled out draft guidelines on pedagogical aspects for teaching Divyangjans and students, with some specific
02/10/2022
Delhi University to launch centre for disabilities studies to promote inclusive education To redress grievances that may arise during admissions, every college will establish a grievance redressal committee.
28/09/2022
Great news for Special Educators, The Ministry of Education released Gazette Notification on 21-07-2022 on Amendment of with TPR ratio for Special Educators recruitment
26/09/2022
'Persons With Disabilities Don't Require Pity, But Entitlement To Equal Treatment' : Justice Chandrachud| Full Text Of Lecture This is the full text of the lecture delivered by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, on the topic "Making Disability Rights Real : Addressing Accessibility and...
25/09/2022
Tackling malnutrition: A major focus on children with special needs Children with different birth conditions face a myriad of health challenges and rarely does a congenital anomaly impact as many aspects of child development as cleft lip and palate. In addition to social prejudices and...
23/09/2022
Sending out a positive signal through Sign Langauge The UN General Assembly declared 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL). The day will be observed with the theme, ‘Sign Languages Unite Us!’. In Goa, there are only two professional Indian Sign Language interpreters and only one professional deaf Indian Sign Language teac...
21/09/2022
Perkins India aims to make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities through health and education Perkins India works in the state of Uttar Pradesh to identify children with disabilities and help them with aid and access to healthcare, therapy, and education. It also trains teachers and Anganwadi workers so that they can help the organisation in its efforts.
20/09/2022
Sansad TV: 75 Years: Laws that Shaped India- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - INSIGHTSIAS Introduction: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, in short, the RPD Act empowers persons with disability to enjoy the right to equality, and life with dignity, in other words, full and effective participation and inclusion in society. A landmark step for disabled It becomes the ...
18/09/2022
Disabled suffered multiple blows of Covid, finds study The study found that about 60 percent of the PwDs found it challenging to access emergency medical services during the lockdown, and 4.6 percent post lockdown.
17/09/2022
Schools haven’t become disabled-friendly so far Janaki Vishwanath, founder and director of Antharbhaava, a city-based non-profit that works for people with disabilities told BM that though a few general schools have started to become more inclusive now, disabled children still have to mostly depend on special schools or cloud schools.