Vol. 7, Issue 4, Part F (2021)

The policy encompasses elementary education to higher education in both rural and urban India. It is based on five fundamental pillars that are accessibility, affordability, equity, equality and quality. All these pillars are essential for promotion of inclusive education for person with disabilities. Children with disabilities have educational problems due to lack of accessibility, rigid curricula and pedagogy, inaccessible classrooms & schools, rigid assessment system, lack of information and communication technology in the classroom, negative and deficit mindsets that restricts. National Educational Policy ensures universal accessibility, curriculum and pedagogical structuring, vocational education, assessment reforms, open and distance learning, online and digital education, holistic and multidisciplinary approach.