STATE OF THE EDUCATION REPORT FOR INDIA-2019: CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

About: 

• Name of the report: “State of the Education Report for India-2019: Children with Disabilities."
  
  
• Released by: UNESCO and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
  
  
• Key findings of the report:
  • Citing 2011 census data, the report showed that there are more than 78 lakh children with disabilities in the country between 5-19 years.
    
    
  • 27% of children with disabilities between ages 5 and 19 in India have never attended any educational institution, while around 75% of five-year-olds with disabilities are not in school.
    
    
  • There are fewer girls with disabilities in school than boys.
    
    
  • Differences remain among various types of disabilities. Only 20% of children with visual and hearing impairments had never been in school. However, among children with multiple disabilities or mental illness, that figure rose to more than 50%.
    
    
  
  
  
• Recommendations made: Amend the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 to make it align with the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.