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Direct linkSharma, Umesh; Das, Ajay – Support for Learning, 2015
In this article we report on various initiatives taken by the government since India's independence in 1947 to provide education to school-aged children with disabilities. The majority of children with disabilities still remain out of school. We make an attempt to identify the challenges that the country continues to face in providing education to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Government Role, Educational History
Das, Ajay; Shah, Rina – Advances in Special Education, 2014
Similar to Western countries, the early origins of special education in India started with Christian missionaries and nongovernmental agencies which stressed a charity model of serving populations such as the visually, hearing, and cognitively impaired. However after its independence from Great Britain in 1947, the Indian government became more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Educational History
