CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT (RTE) FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION - A SURVEY

‘Everyone has the ri ght to education.’ This UN recommendation has been reinforced in the provision of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009, which came into effect in India on 1 st April 2010, enshrining in law for the first time the rights of a ll India children aged between six and 14 years. The RTE Act, though deserves due credit for laying down in fairly specific terms states responsibility towards education, it would be appropriate to examine the challenges faced by the principles and concern authority to provide fess elementary education to the children aging between six to fourteen years to old. Present research study has tried to explore the challenges faced by the principles for implantating RTE Act for Children with hearing impairment in Zila Parishad regarding access to education and infrastructure.