National Guidelines and Implementation Framework on Equitable and Inclusive Education

FOREWORD

The National Guidelines and Implementation Framework on Equitable and Inclusive Education (NGIFEIE) guidelines are a collective outcome of active consultations with diverse stakeholders who are engaged in education in India. We hope, you will find the NGIFEIE, 2021-2030 a guiding roadmap to achieve the vision of a school for all learners, leaving no child behind!

The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, Government of India has constituted a committee to formulate guidelines for implementing Equitable and Inclusive Education across all Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) in the light of the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP, 2020). To ensure the scope of the Equitable and Inclusive Education guidelines

in addressing the diverse needs of all learners, a number of consultation webinars were conducted with experts and educationists working in the area of research, policy making, training, capacity development and other aspects to support inclusive education, non-government organisations, national and international experts, ministries, states, directors of national institutes of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and universities etc. In addition, suggestions from education departments of states/Union Territories and organisations working in education at the central level were invited.

In India we need broad vision of equitable and inclusive education to ensure each and every school and learning centers becomes truly inclusive in its design and implementation. We all understand that separate services for separate sets of children in segregated settings defeat the core purpose of equitable and inclusive education. Equity to promote the fullest manifestation of potential inherent in every child within the broad framework of inclusion is the way forward.

The NGIFEIE will be applicable to all learning environments that include government schools, private schools, home-based education, open system of schooling and alternative forms of schooling. NGIFEIE will have implications on all boards of education including open schooling