A Wrong to Education

8/2/2019 A Wrong to Education

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A WrongTo Education?


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There is no hope in the futurefor children with disabilities.

( Mother of Rajiv Rajan on hearing about the home-

-based education clause in the RTE Amendment. )


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RAJIV RAJAN : National Role Model (etc)

Rajiv (arguably India's most famous

success story of integration) was at home

till he was 14.

After joining Vidya Sagar there was no

looking back from mainstream school

cricket team to Loyola College loafer to

reknowned human rights activist today.

With his 80% + disability, Rajiv has beenthere, done that no one is better

qualified to speak about the need for

inclusive education.


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PAVITHRA SWAMINATHAN: Mass Comm student, The Hindu intern

If the opportunity ofinclusion is denied that means

the door that is open to themainstream is also denied.

We fight for the rights of the

disabled, on the other hand ifwe pass this law it is a sin tothe disabled community.


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BHAVNA BOTTA : PETA activist + B. Com = Ahimsa Silk Boutique

School is wherechildhood friendshipsand bonds are made.

I went to the

mainstream only afterthe 10th standard.

It gave me confidence

and lots of friends butnot the bonds that will

be there in a school.


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P.S. DHEEPAKH : Cricket-Mad + ACJ journo = Sports Desk @ The Hindu

Inclusion is anopportunity, not aconcession.

What we have beengiven or forced toaccept is a concession.

What we believe and

seek is an opportunity...

... LIKE ANYONE ELSE


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Rigid definition of disability excludes nodyslexia, no medical disabilities etc

Special schools still bereft of standards /monitoring mechanisms. Home-based education

is not even defined! Alternative and innovative

education options should not be restricted to

children with disabilities alone. Both the childprodigy and the child with learning disability have

special needs.

No continuum of education services : home-based education is an escape chute for Govt to

renege its responsibilities - of inclusive education,

access to diverse education options, AND choice...

for ALL.

The assumption that people with severedisabilities may need to be homebound is

presumptuous - an imposed legal disability

masquerading as pseudo-choice.

HOW is the RTE Amendment incomplete ?


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The right to education calls for regulation by the State. Parents may not refuse

compulsory schooling on the basis of their convictions. Children are unable to

foresee the consequences of their parents' decision for home education because oftheir young age. Schools represent society, and it is in the children's interest to

become part of that society. The parents' right to educate does not go as far as to

deprive their children of that experience. Compulsory school attendance enables

children from all backgrounds in society to gather together...it is in the general

interest of society to integrate minorities into society.

European Court of Human Rights Judgement (2006)

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