A STUDY ON THE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL SUPPORT EXTENDED TO MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN IN BEHALA BODHAYAN, A NONGOVT ORGANIZATION OF KOLKATA

Government of India has made the children with Disabilities Act (1995) in which children with special needs have the right to be educated with nondisabled children of their own age. But still at present many children with disabilities have deprived of basic some basic facilities like health, education and protection. At present, many NGOs are working with the government for the betterment of the disabled children and trying to mainstreaming them providing educational, vocational, health and other facilities. The major objective of the present study is to analyze the role of an NGO (Behala Bodhayan) for mentally retarded children. We found from this study that with the thorough educational support, vocational support and behavioral training Behala Bodhayan has success to engage many Mentally Retarded (MR) children in mainstreaming them.