16. Duty of educational institutions.—The appropriate Government and the local authorities shall
endeavour that all educational institutions funded or recognised by them provide inclusive education to
the children with disabilities and towards that end shall—
(i) admit them without discrimination and provide education and opportunities for sports and
recreation activities equally with others;
(ii) make building, campus and various facilities accessible;
(iii) provide reasonable accommodation according to the individual's requirements;
(iv) provide necessary support individualised or otherwise in environments that maximise
academic and social development consistent with the goal of full inclusion;
(v) ensure that the education to persons who are blind or deaf or both is imparted in the most
appropriate languages and modes and means of communication;
(vi) detect specific learning disabilities in children at the earliest and take suitable pedagogical
and other measures to overcome them;
(vii) monitor participation, progress in terms of attainment levels and completion of education in
respect of every student with disability;
(viii) provide transportation facilities to the children with disabilities and also the attendant of the
children with disabilities having high support needs.
17. Specific measures to promote and facilitate inclusive education.—The appropriate
Government and the local authorities shall take the following measures for the purpose of section 16,
namely:—
(a) to conduct survey of school going children in every five years for identifying children with
disabilities, ascertaining their special needs and the extent to which these are being met:
Provided that the first survey shall be conducted within a period of two years from the date of
commencement of this Act;
(b) to establish adequate number of teacher training institutions;
(c) to train and employ teachers, including teachers with disability who are qualified in sign
language and Braille and also teachers who are trained in teaching children with intellectual
disability;
(d) to train professionals and staff to support inclusive education at all levels of school education;
(e) to establish adequate number of resource centres to support educational institutions at all
levels of school education;
(f) to promote the use of appropriate augmentative and alternative modes including means and
formats of communication, Braille and sign language to supplement the use of one’s own speech to
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fulfil the daily communication needs of persons with speech, communication or language disabilities
and enables them to participate and contribute to their community and society;
(g) to provide books, other learning materials and appropriate assistive devices to students with
benchmark disabilities free of cost up to the age of eighteen years;
(h) to provide scholarships in appropriate cases to students with benchmark disability;
(i) to make suitable modifications in the curriculum and examination system to meet the needs of
students with disabilities such as extra time for completion of examination paper, facility of scribe or
amanuensis, exemption from second and third language courses;
(j) to promote research to improve learning; and
(k) any other measures, as may be required.
18. Adult education.—The appropriate Government and the local authorities shall take measures to
promote, protect and ensure participation of persons with disabilities in adult education and continuing
education programmes equally with others.