THE DISABLED POPULATION AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL STATUS IN INDIA

Autores/as

  • C M Lakshmana Professor & Head, Population Research Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Nagarabhavi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India-560072.
  • I Maruthi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/periferia.2018.33004

Palabras clave:

disabled population, literacy, educational status, higher education, India, decadal overview

Resumen

As per World Health Organisation (WHO) the disabled are deprived of all opportunities for social and economic development. Around 400 million disabled persons live in the developing world. The basic facilities like health, education and employment are denied to this vulnerable section of population.  Around 70 per cent of the disabled are unemployed. As per 2011 Census, the total population of India is 1.23 billion, in which about 2.1 per cent (over 21 million people) suffer from one or the other kind of disability.  However the present paper focuses the issue of disability and their educational status in India. A state-wise analysis has been done for the study to understand the regional variation. Across the states, the highest number of disabled population is reported from the state of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Available census data have been used to examine the proportion of disability and their educational status in India for the last two decades. The study found that over a period of time, among disabled persons, not only the educational status of the disabled population has improved during the decade under review, but the percentage of literates among both male and female disabled population has also increased; and their status in higher educational levels has also improved consequently.

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10.07.2018

Cómo citar

Lakshmana, C. M., & Maruthi, I. (2018). THE DISABLED POPULATION AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL STATUS IN INDIA. Revista Periferia UERJ, 10(2), 135–157. https://doi.org/10.12957/periferia.2018.33004

Número

REVISTA PERIFERIA, V. 10, N. 2, jul./dez. 2018 - Mulheres Líderes em Educação: das periferias aos centros / Women Leading Education: from margins to centers

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