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Source-This post on Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) scheme has been created based on the article “Five Education Dept. officers suspended for misappropriation of IEDSS scheme grants” published in “The Hindu” on 2 February 2024.
Why in the news?
The Karnataka government has registered FIR against 56 officials of Department of School Education and Literacy(DSEL) and 22 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for criminal offences such as forging documents during the implementation of IEDSS scheme.
About Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) scheme
| Aspect | Detail |
| About | 1) The Scheme of Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) has been launched from the year 2009-10. 2) This scheme replaces the earlier scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) and provides assistance for the inclusive education of the disabled children in classes IX-XII. 3) This scheme is now subsumed under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. |
| Objective | To enable students with disabilities to pursue four years of secondary schooling after completing eight years of elementary schooling in an inclusive environment. |
| Components | Funds are released per student for student-oriented components, such as medical and educational assessment, books and stationery, uniforms, transport allowance, reader allowance, stipend for girls, support services, assistive device etc. |
| Eligibility | The scheme covers all children studying at the secondary stage in Government, local body and Government-aided schools,with one or more disabilities as defined under the Persons with Disabilities Act (1995) and the National Trust Act (1999). For example-blindness, low vision, leprosy cured, hearing impairment, locomotory disabilities, etc. |
| Implementing agencies | The School Education Department of the State Governments/Union Territory (UT) Administrations. They may involve NGOs having experience in the field of education of the disabled in the implementation of the scheme. |
| Funding | Central assistance for all items covered in the scheme is on 100 percent basis. The State governments are only required to make provisions for scholarship of Rs. 600/- per disabled child per annum. |
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