Government Shares NCERT E-Content Guidelines for Children with Disabilities
Introduction
The NCERT has introduced guidelines for the development of e-content for children with disabilities which would be applicable for school education. An affidavit has been filed by the Centre in the apex court which is hearing a plea by Javed Abidi Foundation seeking directions to issue specific guidelines to ensure that students with disabilities participate equally with others in online classes. The matter came up for hearing on Tuesday before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan.
In its first meeting held on February 25, 2022, the committee constituted six sub-committees, one each at the level of the University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education, National Council for Teacher Education, NCERT, the Central Board of Secondary Education and Rehabilitation Council of India to look into the suggestions made by the petitioner.
UGC and AICTE Guidelines circulated to institutions
The Affidavit said the UGC, AICTE and NCTE are regulatory bodies concerning universities, including higher educational institutions, technical education and teacher education respectively. It also stated that the committee suggested institutions frame guidelines, focusing on aspects like accessibility of physical environment, accessibility of content and training of teachers.
“The guidelines as framed by UGC and AICTE have already been circulated to all universities/institutions. NCERT has brought out guidelines for the development of e-content for children with disabilities which would be applicable for school education. RCI, which has not framed separate guidelines, has adopted and circulated UGC guidelines to all the approved institutions to strictly follow the same.”, it said.
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