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• It is about how our schools, classrooms, programs and activities are established and
crafted such that all students can learn and take part together.

• An inclusive layout assumes that all students have access to quality education by

attending their broad needs effectively in a manner that is receptive, desirable,

considerate and cooperative. Students engage in the education program in a common
learning environment to help reduce and eliminate hindrances and hurdles which
may cause elimination.

• Inclusive education is conducted in a common learning environment; that is, an
educational environment where students from diverse backgrounds and differing
CHAPTER 7 : STUDENTS
skills learn together in an inclusive environment. Common learning environments

are used for most regular instruction hours of students and may include classrooms,
libraries, gymnasiums, performance theatres, music rooms, cafeterias, playgrounds,
and the local community.

• A common learning environment is not a place where students with intellectual or
other special needs gain isolation from their peers.

7.12.1 Effective Common Learning Environment:

• Facilitates each student to actively participate in the learning environment intended
for all students and shared with peers in the chosen academic setting;

• Offers a favourable climate, fosters a sense of belonging and ensures improvement
for students towards suitable personal, social, emotional and academic goals;

• Reacts to individual learning needs by providing adequate support levels and

applying student-centred teaching.

7.12.2 Categories of Disabilities:

The categories of disabilities have risen from the existing 7 to 21; the central government

has the power to add more categories of disabilities. The following are the 21 disabilities:

• Blindness

• Low-vision
• Leprosy Cured persons
• Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing)

• Locomotor Disability
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