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Inclusive Education

By Prof. Umakant Prasad   |   Visva-Bharati
Learners enrolled: 54
ABOUT THE COURSE:

The course covers a wide range of topics required to equip undergraduate and postgraduate students of Education discipline, Humanities and Social Science as well as prospective and current teachers to ensure inclusion and equitable participation of all children in the regular schooling process, thereby ensuring their retention and enabling them to achieve defined learning outcomes. The course will provide knowledge; develop awareness, insights and attitude and skills to these individuals towards the issues, challenges and concerns of inclusive education especially for responding the needs of diverse learners. This course may be helpful to the prospective and current teachers as well as teacher educators for playing their crucial role in developing inclusive education by advocating for inclusive policies and practices, creating personalized learning plans for diverse learners, providing accessible materials and resources, fostering a positive and inclusive classroom culture, supporting the emotional and social needs of all learners etc. Additionally, this course enhances career prospects for individuals wish to work in the field of inclusive education by developing their insights regarding the job opportunities in this field.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
  1. UG/ PG students from Humanities and Social Sciences 
  2. UG/PG Students of Education discipline 
  3. School Teachers and Teacher Educators as well

PREREQUISITES: Any UG Course (Humanities and Social Sciences)

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
https://www.tissx.tiss.edu/courses/course-v1:TISSx+CEPR05+2023R1/about

ISS College of Teacher Education, Perinthalmanna and Inter University Centre for Disability Studies (IUCDS), MG University, Kottayam
https://isscte.com/tag/iucds/

Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata
https://www.wbnsou.ac.in/student_zone/admissions/admission_information/2023/20230521_IE_Diploma_Flyer_2023.pdf
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Elective
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Faculty Domain for Newly Joined
Credit Points : 3
Level : Postgraduate
Start Date : 21 Jul 2025
End Date : 10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends : 28 Jul 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 15 Aug 2025
Exam Date : 01 Nov 2025 IST
NCrF Level   : 4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:  An Introduction to Inclusive Education
Meaning, Concept and Objectives; Principles of Special Education and Inclusive Education

Week 2: Development of Inclusive Education
Historical Perspective of Inclusive Education in India and the Abroad, International Declaration, Classification, Frameworks

Week 3: Inclusive Education for Person with Disability
Special, Integrated and Inclusive Education, Concept of Impairment, Disability and Handicap, Models of Disability

Week 4: Teaching Strategies for Person with Disability
Need of Early identification and Intervention; Curriculum adaptation, Classroom Management, Individualized Education Programme, Universal Design Learning

Week 5: Legal Framework
Provisions of Indian Constitution, RCI Act (1992), PWD Act (1995), National Trust Act (1999), RTE Act-2009, RPWD Act-2016

Week 6: National Institutes Person with Disability
National Institutes for Persons with Disabilities, National Handicap Finance and Development Corporation, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Week 7: National Policies and Inclusive Education
Recommendations of Various Commissions and Committees, National Policy for Person with Disability-2006, NEP-2020 and Inclusive Education for SEDGs

Week 8: Educational Empowerment of SCs, STs, OBCs
Educational Problems, Present Educational Status and Schemes/ Programmes for Educational Empowerment of Weaker Sections (SCs, STs, OBCs)

Week 9: Educational Empowerment Minorities
Educational Problems, Present Educational Status and Schemes/ Programmes for Educational Empowerment of Minorities

Week 10: Educational Empowerment of Women
Educational Problems, Present Educational Status and Schemes/ Programmes for Educational Empowerment

Week 11: Educational Empowerment Transgender
Educational Problems, Present Educational Status and Schemes/ Programmes for Educational Empowerment, Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019

Week 12: Stakeholders of Inclusive Education
Responsibilities of Stakeholders of Inclusive Education, Family Support, Community Involvement in Inclusive Education, Different Professionals of Inclusive Education

Books and references

  1. UNESCO (2020). Textbooks and inclusive education: Global Education Monitoring Report Team 
  2. UNESCO (1997). International Consultation on Early Childhood Education and Special Educational Needs. Paris. 
  3. NCERT (2006) National focus group report on education of SCs and STs. New Delhi. 
  4. Ainscow, M., Booth. T (2003): The Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools. Bristol: Center for Studies in Inclusive Education 
  5. Jha. M.( 2002) Inclusive Education for All: Schools Without Walls, Heinemann Educational publishers, Multivista Global Ltd, Chennai 
  6. Sharma, P.L. (1990) Teachers handbook on IED-Helping children with special needs NCERT Publication. 
  7. Sharma P.L. (2003) Planning Inclusive Education in Small Schools, RIE, Mysore

Instructor bio

Prof. Umakant Prasad

Visva-Bharati
Dr. Umakant Prasad is currently working as the Vice Principal of Vinaya Bhavana and Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, Vinaya Bhavana, Visva-Bharati since 2014. Before Visva-Bharati he worked as Assistant Professor of Education at Veer Kunwar Singh University, Bihar and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Uttar Pradesh.

Dr. Prasad obtained his B.Ed. (Special Education), M.Ed. (Special Education) and Ph.D. in Education emphasizing on students with disabilities from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He is registered as Rehabilitation Professional as Special Educator (Visual Impairment) by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) under CRR No. A14613.

His core area of research interests lie in addressing issues, challenges and concerns of inclusive education and special needs, equity and social justice, child rights, transgender rights and socio-emotional well being in school education and higher education. He published a number of research papers in prestigious journals and book chapters. He also guides Ph.D. scholars. He supervised 55 M.Ed. and MA (Education) dissertations and most of them mainly focused on students with disabilities and inclusive education. He developed the curriculum for Inclusive Education in M.Ed., M.A. (Education) and B.Ed. program for Visva-Bharati.

Additionally, he has been associated with National Testing Agency (NTA), Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), CBSE and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as Subject Matter Expert (SME). He has been coordinator of M.Ed. program for academic session 2020-21, 2021-22 and M.A. (Education) for academic session 2022-23 onwards at Department of Education, Vinaya Bhavana, Visva-Bharati. He also works as Nodal Officer for smooth functioning of NEP SAARTHI portal of MoE (Govt of India) under NEP 2020 at Visva-Bharati. He is also an active member of several academic bodies.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: November 01, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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