The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act 2016 ) defines Inclusive Education as a system of education wherein students with and without disability:
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Inclusive education for Children with Disabilities (CWDs) in India has been marked by policy incongruities, lack of availability of data and dearth of assessment of achievements and quality, resulting in serious gaps in implementation and untargeted interventions. Although the right to inclusive education for CWDs has been recognised by the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, the Sarva Siksha Abhyaan, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD Act) 2016 and the recent New Education Policy 2020, there exists ambiguities with regards to a uniform framework for inclusive education in the country. The legal and policy commitment towards inclusive education has been motivated by the need to comply with international conventions like the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which India ratified in 2007. The RPWD Act 2016 defines inclusive education as a system of education wherein students with and without disabilities learn together and the system of teaching and learning is suitably adapted to meet the learning needs of different types of students with disabilities. However, there exists several contradictions among government policies. The unreliability of data has resulted in the policy formulation process being at odds with the on-ground realities of the country.