Education

A school can comply with the law on paper and still be impossible for a child with a disability to attend. In Rajasthan, three quarters of government schools have a ramp, but only 12.7 per cent have a working toilet a child with a disability can use. Reading levels compound the problem: what a child cannot read by Class 3 shapes everything after it. These pieces look at what schools owe children with disabilities under Indian law, what the most recent ASER data says about reading, and where the duty sits between the school, the district and the state. See our work on education and learning.