(a) whether Kendriya Vidyalayas are not having specially
trained teachers in many of the schools for differently
abled children;
(b) if so, the total number of such children in Kendriya
Vidyalayas, and the number of specially trained teachers
required;
(c) whether the Government is planning to recruit specially
trained teachers; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (d) At present, Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) do not
have special teachers to teach differently abled children.
The exact number of differently abled children in KVs is not
available.However,as on 31.3.2010,there were 1918
physically challenged children in KVs.Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan does not have estimate of the number of special
teachers required in KVs. It has constituted a committee of
experts to finalise tools for identifying differently abled
children and to work out the need for special teachers.