IDEATHON 2020 - INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Education and its impacts:
This particular question strikes me every time when I read something about India’s education system .It will be surprising to see how income
inequalities are created within the same group of educated people.
Let me illustrate this with the help of an example:
Let us take P be an individual who has had no primary or higher
education. His human capital is zero and hence it bears no returns. Let Q be an
individual who completed his MBA from S.P Jain College and let R be an
individual who completed his MBA from IIM Ahmadabad. The average rate of return
for an MBA student is 7.5% (hypothetical). Q gets a rate of return of 5% and R
gets a rate of return of 10% due to the difference in the reputation and
quality of the management school. Let the income of P, Q and R be 1.In a period
of 10 years, P will be having the same income as he does not possess human
capital. For the same time period Q will earn an income of (1+0.05)^10=1.63 and
R will earn an income of (1+0.10)^10=2.59.
The uniqueness of India
is its “Unity in Diversity”, which is visible in its religions, languages and
cultures. But in Education is it true??
Absolutely No and is it a major issue? Yes
In India, Approximately Eight (8%) of the
population 96 M are disabled.
Do we want
96 M of our population to be uneducated, unemployed, unproductive and left with
no choice but to be a weight that rest of us country?
Or
Do we want them to be educated, employed, productive and contributing to the growth and wealth of our nation?
The ideas in this
article are with an initiative called "Saamanjasya" that focuses on sustainability
and a better society.
Exclusive
Education (At Present):
The present scenario
of education system
Due to the inefficient
methods in the exclusive education (see figure), we need to move towards
inclusive education.
What is Inclusive Education?
Inclusive education is a
process of increasing the participation of all students in schools, including
those with disabilities. It is about restructuring the cultures, policies and
practices in schools so that they respond to the diversity of students in their
locality.
What are the
benefits of inclusion?
· Inclusive
education can help to break the cycle of poverty and exclusion.
· Inclusive education enables disabled children to stay with their families, communities
and improve Quality of Education for all.
· Inclusive
education can help overcome discrimination.
EFA-Education for All
This is how inclusive education can change the society too.
At present, disabled people are following the below methods and
technologies
Even though
the above mentioned technologies and methods have advantages these are inefficientmethods.
So, to
provide better education the following the technologies are suggested in the coming
future.
