Inclusive Education in India: Challenges and Strategies for Supporting Students with Disabilities
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mutual understanding, implementation, frameworks,Abstract
Inclusive education aims to provide equitable learning opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities, within mainstream classrooms. This approach emphasizes the right of every child to receive quality education, regardless of abilities or disabilities. This paper explores the challenges and strategies for inclusive education in rural schools with limited facilities, with a focus on the Indian context. It discusses the attitudinal, structural, and systemic barriers and proposes comprehensive strategies to address these challenges. Special emphasis is placed on sensitizing teachers for inclusive education, recognizing the additional burden when special needs students are integrated into the classroom
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