INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020
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Abstract
Education is a right not a privilege, and every child should benefit from it. Education is one of the instruments of bringing about social equality leading to the formation of cultural milieu for social justice. Therefore, education, social equality and social justice together create an organic bond with other. The philosophy of inclusive education will add a new dimension to the formation of inclusive and equitable society. Despite several educational programmes initiated by the government of India, many children remain outside the formal school education system of India. According to the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), 2021-22, around 3.5 % of children belonging to the age group of 6-14 were out of school. Therefore, National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) impressively emphasizes on the need of extending the horizon of Inclusive Education. The objectives of this article are to study the needs and significance of Inclusive Education in India, to know the different provisions of Inclusive Education as stated by NEP 2020, to analyse the problems and challenges in the implementation of Inclusive Education in India and to study the Role of Teachers in Inclusive Education. The methodology of this paper is documentary-based analysis. Data were collected form valuable books, research articles, e-magazines, journals, newspapers and internet sources. The data used in this study are secondary in nature; logical analysis has been made on the perspective of qualitative mode.