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IEDC ,1974

The Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) program was initiated in 1974 to provide educational opportunities and support to children with disabilities. The program aimed to mainstream these children into society by developing their self-confidence. It provided financial assistance for books, uniforms, transportation, equipment, and teacher training. However, the program saw little success due to a lack of trained teachers, awareness of disability issues, equipment, and coordination between departments. The program was revised in 1992 to provide 100% assistance to schools integrating disabled students and fully fund NGOs implementing the program.

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Integrated Education For Disabled Children (IEDC), 1974
 This program was initiated in 1974 by the Ministry of Welfare, Central Government  IEDC is a centrally sponsored scheme which aims to provide Educational Opportunities to the “not so abled” children.
 The overall aim of the program is to enable such people to face life courageously and develop a level of self confidence thus bringing them into mainstream of the society  Under this program children were to be provided with financial support for books, stationery, school uniforms, transportation, special equipment and aids. The state governments were provided with 50 percent of the financial assistance to implement this program in regular schools
Due to certain limitations and shortcomings like non- availability of trained and experienced teachers, lack of awareness of the problems of disabled children and their educational needs, and non-availability of equipment and educational materials, the program met with little success. Moreover there was a lack of coordination among the various departments for its proper implementation.
The IEDC program was revised in 1992. In the revised program 100 percent assistance was available to schools involved in the “integration” of students with disabilities. Various NGO’s are also now fully funded to implement the program. IEDC is being implemented in almost all the States and Union Territories.
Teacher training program This involves a three-level training approach: 1. A five day orientation course for all the teachers in the regular schools 2. Six-week intensive training course for 10 percent of the teachers 3. One-year multi-category training program for eight to ten regular school teachers
Expenses and allowance
A disabled child may be given the following kinds of facilities: Actual expenses on books and stationery up to RS 400 per annum. Actual expenses on uniform up to RS 200 per annum
Transport allowance up to RS 50 per month. If a disabled child admitted under the scheme resides in the school hostel within the school premises, no transportation charges would be admissible
Disabled children residing in hostels may need a helper or an aayan. Reader allowance of RS 50 per month in case of blind children after Class V.
Actual cost of equipment subject to a maximum of RS 2000 per student for a period of five years. Escort allowance for severely handicapped with lower extremity disability at the rate of RS 75 per month.
In the case of severely orthopedically handicapped children, one attendant should be there for 10 children, who may be given the standard scale of pay prescribed for Class IV employees in the State/UT concerned. Disabled children residing in school hostels within the same institution where they are studying may also be paid boarding and lodging charges.
The disabled children whose parental income does not exceed RS 5000 per month may be paid actual boarding and lodging charges subject to a maximum of RS 200 per month. However, unless the required educational facilities are not available disabled children should generally not be placed in hostels.
Orthopedically handicapped children residing in school hostels may need the assistance of a helper or an “ayah”. A special pay of RS 50 per month is admissible to any employee of the hostel willing to extend such help to children in addition to his/her duties.
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