The document discusses the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) in India. The Government of India collaborated with the UN and World Bank to implement the People with Disabilities Act. As part of this, the DPEP was established with the goal of universal primary education by 2000, specifically focusing on including children with mild to moderate disabilities in schools. By 2006, DPEP was operating in 23 districts across 3 Indian states and had enrolled 600,000 children with disabilities.

1. K.Thangavel,
Assistant Professor, TCP
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K.Thangavel,Assistant Professor,
Thiagarajar College of
Preceptors,Madurai-9.

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K.Thangavel,Assistant Professor,
Thiagarajar College of
Preceptors,Madurai-9.

3.  The Government of India started
collaborating with UN and World Bank to
put the ‘People with Disabilities Act’ into
action. One major initiative that was born
out of the PDA was the District Primary
Education Programme.
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K.Thangavel,Assistant Professor,
Thiagarajar College of
Preceptors,Madurai-9.

4.  1) The goal of DPEP was “Education for all’ by
the year 2000
 2) DPEP focused on inclusion of children with
mild to moderate disabilities in the schools
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K.Thangavel,Assistant Professor,
Thiagarajar College of
Preceptors,Madurai-9.

5.  The world bank states that by the tear 2006,
the DPEP was implemented in 23 districts in
3 states Rajasthan, Orissa and West bengal
and that 6,00,000 children with disabilities
were enrolled.
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K.Thangavel,Assistant Professor,
Thiagarajar College of
Preceptors,Madurai-9.

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K.Thangavel,Assistant Professor,
Thiagarajar College of
Preceptors,Madurai-9.