INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF AREA IN RESEARCH ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN INDIA AFTER RTE, ACT 2009

The basic structure of the Constitution of India as reflected in the Preamble ensures social, economic and political justice as well as equality of status and of opportunity to all citizens of India. It is thus constitutional obligation of the State to ensure equal justice and equality to all citizens including persons with disabilities and other marginalized groups of people.
As regard education, Article 45 of the Constitution of India on the Directive Principles of State Policy states “the State to provide free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.” The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 goes a step further and desires provision of free education to children with disabilities till the age of 18 years. Thus the Constitution of India has duly recognized provision of education to all children including those with disabilities.