Founder of Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, Uma Tuli, a pioneer in the field of inclusive education as well as rehabilitation of persons with disability, will address the Rotary Club members on rehabilitation of persons with disability.
As part of its project disability, Rotary Club of Jamshedpur has invited Tuli to address its members and help the club in bridging the gap between children with physical disabilities and the normal school going kids. The project on disability aims to reduce the gap and work on inclusive education in and around the city.
Tuli, the first non-bureaucrat appointed by the Government of India as chief ommissioner for Persons with Disabilities from April 2001 to April 2005, will address the gathering in April. She will speak on experience and lessons on inclusive education in India.
Gupta and other members of the team contacted schools and spoke to the principals about inclusive education and how children with physical disabilities could also be involved in classrooms with other children.
Another senior official of the club said that the differently-abled children who had undergone corrective surgeries and received assistive devices should use the opportunity, help the children overcome disability and educate them to the maximum possible extent, Inclusive education is also an important point under the Right to Education Act 2009 where teachers or members of the school management committee (SMC) visit families to convince them to let their physically challenged children to join school.