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Official TranscriptMinistry of Education Parliament Question: Availability of Special Educators in Schools प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 4:50PM by PIB Delhi Education is a subject under the Concurrent List of the Constitution and the majority of schools are under the administrative control of the respective state governments and Union Territory (UT) administrations. The Department of School Education & Literacy is...
Ministry of Education
Parliament Question: Availability of Special Educators in Schools प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 4:50PM by PIB Delhi Education is a subject under the Concurrent List of the Constitution and the majority of schools are under the administrative control of the respective state governments and Union Territory (UT) administrations.
The Department of School Education & Literacy is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha to support States and UTs in providing equitable and inclusive quality education from pre-primary to Class XII.
Under the Samagra Shiksha framework, recruitment and other service matters relating to teachers, including Special Educators, fall within the domain of the respective State Governments/UT Administrations. The framework also provides for Special Educators to be deployed at the block or cluster level, as per requirement, and to work in an itinerant mode, covering a group of schools where Children with Special Needs (CwSN) are enrolled, so that their educational needs are adequately addressed.
Under Samagra Shiksha and PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India), financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for strengthening school education, including maintaining appropriate Pupil-Teacher Ratios (PTRs) and supporting inclusive education. This includes provision for two Resource Persons for CwSN at each Block Resource Centre (BRC).
The Department has notified the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for Special Educators in general schools for CwSN vide Notification No. S.O. 4586(E) dated 21.09.2022, published on 29.09.2022, as follows:
(i) One Special Educator for every 10 CwSN at the primary level; and
(ii) One Special Educator for every 15 CwSN at the upper-primary level.
As per UDISE+ 2025–26, 1.17 lakh schools have a dedicated Special Educator. A statement indicating the State/UT-wise details of enrolment of CwSN and the number of schools having a dedicated Special Educator, as per UDISE+ 2025–26, is placed at Annexure.
The Department also supports capacity building of teachers and special educators through continuous professional development, in-service training, and awareness and sensitization programmes on inclusive education. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has developed online teacher training modules under National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement
(NISHTHA) for the Elementary, Secondary and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) stages, equipping general teachers to address the diverse learning needs of CwSN. NCERT and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have also developed handbooks on Inclusive Education to provide practical guidance to teachers for addressing the diverse needs of children in inclusive classrooms.
Further, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has integrated two dedicated credits on Inclusive Education for CwSN in the Four-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) for pre-service teacher education. This is aimed at equipping prospective teachers with the knowledge andskills required to ensure inclusion and meaningful participation of CwSN in regular schools and to adapt teaching-learning processes to address diverse learning needs, including those associated with learning disabilities.
The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), a statutory body of the Government of India responsible for regulating and monitoring the training of rehabilitation professionals and personnel, is mandated to develop human resources in 16 categories of rehabilitation professionals/personnel. RCI has granted approval to 1,081 institutions/universities to offer courses in disability rehabilitation and special education, thereby contributing to the availability of qualified human resources, including Special Educators.
***** Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2770 ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 ASKED BY SHRI RAJINDER GUPTA, HON’BLE MP REGARDING ‘AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL EDUCATORS IN SCHOOLS’.
State/UT-wise details of enrolment of CwSN and the number of schools having a dedicated Special Educator Total CwSN Enrolment for all NumbeR of Schools having management Dedicated Special Educator State/UT India 2211226 116695 Andaman & Nicobar 872 21 Islands Andhra Pradesh 92055 7094 Arunachal Pradesh 3174 202 Assam 57367 2038 Bihar 179917 10931 Chandigarh 3594 89 Chhattisgarh 81776 2527 DNH&DD 1435 8 Delhi 40829 4160Goa 4719 133 Gujarat 60010 2161 Haryana 22241 1455 Himachal Pradesh 6369 813 Jammu & Kashmir 20916 1772 Jharkhand 50440 2092 Karnataka 83204 10874 Kerala 116354 3385 Ladakh 638 24 Lakshadweep 211 9 Madhya Pradesh 158599 9360 Maharashtra 253792 5058 Manipur 4358 440 Meghalaya 4140 144 Mizoram 3999 58 Nagaland 1852 110 Odisha 94031 7040 Puducherry 1159 93 Punjab 51664 2206 Rajasthan 73241 8166 Sikkim 1009 63 Tamil Nadu 129452 3833Telangana 74743 2826 Tripura 3276 329 Uttar Pradesh 372739 23489 Uttarakhand 5797 1586 West Bengal 151254 2106 As per UDISE+2025-26 This information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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