Analytical Study of Inclusive education in India

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This paper studies the empirical observation of inclusive education in India. This shows a major limitation on the realization for the right to education without discrimination or exclusion. It calls for greater emphasis upon the fulfilment of state obligations to ensure that the fundamental right of equal opportunity in education which is common to almost all international human rights treaties is given effect to. It also calls for intensifying the action with emphasis on affirmative action and social protection measures for achieving equality of opportunities in education, both in law and in fact. As a result of scarcity of research on inclusive education in India and based on previous studies examining this challenging mandate, it was considered imperative to conduct an empirical study which would determine the barriers for its successful implementation. The study is exploratory in nature and uses factor analysis to identify the most important barriers in equal access to education. The research methodology is empirical, and a survey of teacher’s was conducted. The findings reveal that four factors are important for determining the barriers for inclusive education. The most important of which are financial constraints, Family Background, Socio-cultural and Geographic. In the last limitations with future research scope are presented and discussed in the paper.

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