Published on 19 Mar 2025
• The Karnataka government suspended five officers in the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) for dereliction of duty in the implementation of the IEDSS scheme.
•The Scheme of Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) was launched during 2009-10 and replaces the earlier scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC).
•The aim of this centrally sponsored scheme is to enable all students with disabilities to pursue four years of secondary education in an inclusive and enabling environment, after completing eight years of elementary schooling.
• The scheme covers all children studying in classes IX to XII in Government, local body and Government-aided schools, with one or more disabilities as defined under the Persons with Disabilities Act (1995) and the National Trust Act (1999).
• The School Education Department of State Government/Union Territory (UT) Administration acts as the implementation agency of the scheme.
Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage Scheme
IEDSS
education
secondary education
DIFFERENTLY-ABLED
disabled students