(a) Whether there is any scheme to run special residential schools
for disabled children;
(b) If so, the details thereof and ;
(c) The category of disabled children eligible for availing such facility
and types of facilities available for such children in the said schools?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT(SMT. SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) Under Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (formerly known as
Scheme to Promote Voluntary Action for Persons with Disabilities)
eligible and capable voluntary organizations are given grant-in-aid to run
various projects including special schools for disabled children. The
details of this scheme are available on the website of the Ministry-
www.socialjustice.nic.in.
(c)The special schools are meant for Mentally Challenged children, Hearing
and Speech Impaired children and Visually Impaired children. While the
existing special schools for Orthopaedically Handicapped children
supported under the scheme are given continued support, no new special
school for this category of children is being sanctioned, as there is no
special education requirement for this category of disabled children.
Facilities like special education, speech therapy, physiotherapy, language
and communication skills, vocational skill development training, etc. and
other facilities like medical care, hostel maintenance for residential
children, transport allowance and stipend for non-residential children, are
available for the disabled children in the special schools.