WELCOME to the Participants

3-DAY MASTER TRAINERS’

RESIDENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME
ON IEDSS ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION
& STRATEGIES UNDER RMSA
Date: 20th January, 2017

Vennue: Sadasiva Sadan, Srisailam

RASTRIYA MADHYAMIK SIKSHA ABHIYAN,

ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATHI
 Aims of IEDSS:
• Enable all students with disabilities completing
eight years of elementary schooling an
opportunity to complete four years of
secondary schooling (classes IX to XII) in an
inclusive and enabling environment.
• Provide educational opportunities and facilities
to students with disabilities in the general
education system at secondary level.
• Support the training of general school teachers
to meet the needs of CwDs at the secondary
level.
 OBJECTIVES OF IEDSS
• Every child with disability will be identified at
the secondary level and his/her educational
needs to be assessed.
• Every student in need of aids and appliances,
will be provided the same
• All architectural barriers in schools are
removed, so that students with disability have
access to classrooms, laboratories, libraries
and toilets in the school.
• Each student with disability will be supplied
learning material as per his/ her requirement  
 Contd…
•All general school teachers at the secondary
level will be provided basic training to teach
students with disabilities within a period of
three to five years.
•Students with disabilities will have access to
support services like the appointment of
special educators, establishment of resource
rooms in every block.
•Model schools are set up in every state to
develop good replicable practices in inclusive
education.
 Contd…

• Girls with disabilities are provided with

special attention to help them gain
access to secondary education,
information and guidance for their
developing potential

• The scheme envisages to set up model

inclusive schools in every district
Support & Cooperate to each child in all
activities of the school ….

Inclusion
ORGNAOGRAM of IEDSS, AP RMSA
COMMISSIONER
SCHOOL EDUCATION &
Ex-Officio SPD, RMSA

DIRECTOR,
RMSA

DEO
Dy. DEO, Dist IE
RMSA Coordinator

HM

Teachers &
SE
CwS
N
COMPONENTS (Assistance is admissible for 2 major components)

1. Student Oriented Components

• Medical and educational assessment
• Books and stationery
• Uniforms
• Transport Allowance
• Escort Allowance
• Reader Allowance
• Stipend for girls
• Support services
• Assistive devices
• Boarding and lodging facilities
• Therapeutic services
• Teaching learning material etc.
 2. Other Components

• Orientation of school administrators

• Teacher training
• Allowances for general teachers
teaching to such children
• Establishment of resource room
• Appointment of Special Education
Teachers
• Providing barrier free environment etc.
Why it’s need of the hour to provide
Orientation & training to the
Administrators of School Education
Department ?
 CwSN Enrollment & Retention at National level

Source: UDISE
CwSN ENROLLMENT & RETENTION IN A P
2013-
14
2014-
15

Year Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 Class 9 Class 10
2013-14 10969 14056 15236 14974 14056 8154 8920 7992 7216 5891
2014-15 9335 10863 13892 13619 14080 8605 8513 8318 7000 5855
2015-16 6312 8532 9405 11220 11573 7753 7551 6564 5853 5253
Source: UDISE
 Disability wise enrollment of CwSN of Classes 9th & 10th in AP – U-
DISE 2015-16

Enrolment
Sl.No Disability
Boys Girls Total
1. Blind 287 236 523
2. Low Vision 1709 2529 4328
3. Hearing Impaired 447 443 920
4. Speech Impaired 464 323 787
5. Orthopedically Impaired 569 428 997
6. Mentally Retarded 403 289 692
7. CP 116 102 218
8 Autism 281 318 599
9. Multiple 611 602 1213
TOTAL 4917 5270 10187
CwSN Enrolled, 2015-16 in Classes 9th & 10th in AP

BLIND
LOW VISION
HI
SI
OI
MR
CP
AUTISM
MULTIPLE
DISABILITIES

Low Multiple
Disability Blind HI SI OI MR CP Autism
Vision Disabilities

% of
CwSN 5.13 41.60 9.03 7.73 9.79 6.79 2.14 5.88 11.91
Enrolled
TARGET GROUP:

• The scheme will cover all children of age

14+ passing out of elementary schools and
studying in secondary stage in
government, local body and Government
aided schools, with one or more disabilities
as defined under the PwD Act (1995) and
the National Trust Act (1999) in the age
group 14+ to 18+ (Classes IX to XII)
namely…
RMSA is Addressing following Categories and Types of
Disabilities:
Mild
General Moderate
Learning Severe
Disabilities
Profound
Cognitive
Specific Dyslexia
Learning Dysgraphia
Cerebral Disabilities
Disabilities Dyscalculia
Palsy
Dyspraxia

Hearing ADHD
Physical Impaired
Speech Autism
Impaired
Visual
Impaired
Orthopedically
Impaired
TYPE OF DISABILITIES TO BE ADDRESSED
Persons with National Trust The Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act- Act-1999 Disabilities Bill -2016
1995
1.Blindness 1.Mental 1.Blindness
2.Low vision Retardation 2.Low vision
3.Hearing 2.Autism 3.Leprosy cured
Impaired 3.Cerebral 4.Hearing Impaired
4. Loco motor Palsy 5.Locomotor Disability
Disabilities 4.Multiple 6.Dwarfism
5.Mental Disabilities 7.Intellectual Disability
Retardation 8.Mental illness
6.Mental 9.Autism
illness 10.Cerebral Palsy
7.Leprosy 11. Muscular Dystrophy
cured 12. Chronic Neurological
Conditions
 Contd..
Persons with National The Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act- Trust Act- Disabilities Bill -2016
1995 1999
13. Specific Learning
Disabilities
14. Multiple Sclerosis
15. Speech & Language
Disability
16. Thalassemia
17. Hemophilia
18. Sickle cell Disease
19. Multiple Disabilities
20. Acid Attack Victim
21. Parkinson’s Disease
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY

The School Education Department of

State Government Administration acts
as implementation agency and 100 %
Central assistance is provided for all
items covered in the IEDSS scheme.
 Contd…

The prerogative to involve NGOs

having Experience in the field of
education of the disabled, in
implementing the scheme, completely
lies with the implementing agency.

The State Government is only required

to make provision for a scholarship of
Rs. 600 per disabled child per year.
 IEDSS PROGRESS SO FAR

• RMSA has proposed to place Special Teachers

in the schools where CwSN are more than 5.
• The same was approved by the Go AP and also
the GoI in the year 2012.
• After AP state bifurcation also Finance Dept.
had issued GO on the same by allocating the
disability category wise number of Special
teachers (SAs) district wise based on the
2011-12 CwSN enrollment.
 Visually Hearing Mental No. of No. of Total No.
Impaired Impaired Retardation CwSN Mandals o f SA
enrolled posts
(2014-15) approved

287 287 286 12019 664 860

Girls with Special Needs in Class Room
Girls with Special Needs in Remedial Class Room
Child with Special Needs attending to the school
with the help of Escort
Special Performance of the CwVI on stage
Kids tried and achieved their wish
What about us…???
Nothing is impossible to provide at school
 NGOs in IEDSS Activities

• 9/8 NGOS are claiming that they are covering

1226 CwSN by deploying 72 Special Educators
• NGOs are covering only 6 districts viz.,
Prakasam (2), Kurnool (2), East Godavari (1),
West Godavari (1), Krishna (2), Guntur (1)
• No monitoring has been made in the field
by our officials. They worked up to 23rd
April,2016 (AY :2015-16).
 CONVERGENCE WITH SSA

• SSA & RMSA needs to work for CwSN up

to 18yrs
• Convergence needed with RBSK ,SSA and
Board of Intermediate Education for
organizing Medical Assessment camps at
erstwhile Block/CHNC/IERC level.
• For Therapeutic services like physiotherapy,
Speech therapy SSA is organizing weekly
once in every mandal /IERC.
 Contd…
• CwSN from classes 9th & 10th may also
attach to attend the same camps.
• If needed the frequency of visits of the
Professionals may increase.
• Admission must be given to Girls with
Special Needs in KGBVs by providing Special
Pay of Rs 400/- per month to the CRTs of
KGBVs concerned
• Stipend for girl students with disabilities
Rs200/- per month to be provided
As Responsible Persons (DEO, Dy.EO,
MEO, HM & Teachers) in the
Education Department/Govt.

We need to……
• facilitate to utilize their all entitlements as per
the Acts and provisions
• facilitate access in all schools (both Primary &
High schools) for CwSN
• provide appropriate aids & appliances in an
appropriate time
• facilitate to arrange entitled allowances to the
each CwSN
• create awareness among pupils and parents on
provisions & benefits provided by the
government to pursue their higher studies in
India/abroad
 Contd…

• facilitate appropriate training to the teachers in

proper manner
• encourage CwSN to retain in school by availing
exemptions/relaxations in public examinations to
avoid failures
• orient all the clientele groups every year as per
plan
• monitor all activities frequently at all levels and
report to the higher authorities to initiate action
accordingly
• Report the issues if any, to the DEO & CSE from

time to time to implement IEDSS activities in an

effective & impressive approach

• Development of Student profiles & Individualized

Education Plans (IEPs) to each child and it must

be updated regularly by the Teacher/Spl. Teacher

• monitor & document the performance of the

services provided by the professionals
 Contd…

• periodically observe the progress of CwSN in

school/class
• make class wise/school wise/mandal wise / district
wise and state wise success stories to motivate the
CwSN & their parents to attend school regularly.
• provide appropriate Vocational Training &
placement to the CwSN to lead independent life.
Schedule of the Training programmes at
district and divisional level
Number of
Dates of the
Particulars participants Venue
Program

3-day Master
Trainers’
20th–22nd 65
Jan, @ 5 per Srisailam
Training (ToT)
2017 District
on IEDSS
Schedule of the Training programmes at district and
divisional level
One day Divisional level
Orientation to all the Head
Masters & MEOs on IEDSS
Divisional
Programme & activities to be 28thJan–
6468 Head
implemented in the schools for 6thFeb,2017 Quarters
CwSN
(50 per batch in two Spells only,
Parallel sessions in Divisions)
A 2-day District level Orientation Spell-1:
& Training to the selected 9th –10th Feb,
Teachers (where CwSN are Spell-2:
enrolled) on IEDSS activities and 13th–14th
District/
strategies to be implemented in Feb,
Divisional
their Classrooms for CwSN Spell-3: 3900
Head
(60-75 per batch) 15th–16th Quarters
Feb,
Spell-4:
17th–18th
Thank You
Any Quarries…..
Please