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Most schools in India are disabled-friendly: Government

In Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas also, ramps and separate toilets for disabled students have been made an integral part of building design.

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has sanctioned a sum of Rs17.47 crore for providing ramps and special toilets
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Around 82.60 per cent of all elementary schools in India have been provided with barrier-free access, revealed HRD (MoS) Upendra Kushwaha to a question in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. 

At the secondary level, children with disability are provided assistance under the Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) component of the integrated Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. The scheme supports development of accessible physical environment in existing secondary school buildings. 

Of th of 1136 Kendriya Vidyalayas running in the country, 93.39 per cent of them have ramps and 97.44 per cent have special toilets. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has also taken a policy decision to provide special toilets and ramps to disabled children, teachers and staff in all the new KV buildings, which will be constructed by KVS in future.

In Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas also, ramps and separate toilets for disabled students have been made an integral part of building design.

Under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Rs9736.48 lakh, Rs1691.42 lakh and Rs4490.34 lakh was sanctioned in the year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively to the States and UTs to make the elementary schools disabled friendly.

KVS has sanctioned a sum of Rs17.47 crore for providing ramps and special toilets for Divyang students in KV school buildings during last three financial years and current financial year.

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