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Q2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows: (12 marks) (1) Education is the beginning of empowerment. It is a key to happy and a satisfactory life for the special children,who are cruelly segregated from the society. In India, there are around 35 million disabled children but less than one percent have access to education. The most pressing need is to bestow the precious gift of education on them and let them be the bearer of torch towards the path of progress. (2) Special children, without education,are a burden on their families as well as society. The crude discrimination between normal and differently abled children leads to severe psychological disorders, giving birth to frustration which we all know, is not healthy for any progressive nation. Several NGOs are working towards the upliftment and betterment of such children, but again a grave problem that is faced by the volunteers is lack of motivation in such children and even their families. Those who are from well-to-do families may not find themselves in this menace,but those belonging to the lower economic section feel that the effort to obtain education is simply wastage of time and energy, not to say anything about money. (3) Another factor which is hindering the path of education for such children is the lack of opportunities or facilities available in schools. Even if the parents do send such children to school, the schools themselves are sadly lacking the facilities to cater to their needs. The government has started the ' Integrated System of Education' that enables the disabled to study with the normal children in normal circumstances with few facilities for them. Yet again we find psychological barriers amongst impaired children that they cast themselves in a hard mould. Special schools have also been established by the government and NGOs to meet specific needs of such children but their number is pitiably low as compared to the normal schools. (4) There is an urgent need to strike at the roots of this neglect to enable the disabled.​

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yes...but where is the questions...?