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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.485
ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026
Availability of special educators for Children with Disabilities
485 Shri Rajinder Gupta:
Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:
(a) the number of special educators required under the RTE Act and the RPwD Act, 2016 and
those presently in position, State-wise/UT-wise;
(b) the category-wise availability of special educators for different disabilities, including
visual, hearing, intellectual, locomotor, autism spectrum and specific learning disabilities,
State-wise/UT-wise;
(c) the number of Children with Disabilities enrolled in schools during the last five years, year-
wise and State-wise/UT-wise; and
(d) the steps taken or proposed to address shortages of special educators and ensure inclusive
and appropriate educational support?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d): The Department notified the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) for special teachers in general
schools for Children with special Needs (CwSN) vide Notification No. S.O. 4586 (E) dated
21.09.2022 (published on 29.09.2022), wherein the PTR notified is under:
(i) One special educator for 10 CwSN at primary level.
(ii) One special educator for 15 CwSN at upper primary and secondary level.
As per UDISE+ 2024-25, there are 1.12 lakh schools with dedicated special educators in
the country. The State/UT-wise details of Special Educators in the country, as per UDISE+ (2024-
25) is at Annexure-I.
A statement showing details of State/UT-wise CwSN enrolment for the last five years, as
per UDISE+, is at Annexure-II.The Central Government through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha
and PM SHRI (PM ScHools for Rising India), provides financial assistance to the States and UTs
to maintain appropriate Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for various levels of schooling. This support
includes provision for 2 resource persons for CwSN at the Block Resource Centre (BRC).
Additionally, a five days capacity building programme for the first phase Training of
Trainers was organized in 2023-24 by National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT)-National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA)
on Equitable and Inclusive Education programme. The objective of the training is to sensitize and
train teachers and other functionaries of general schools to address the learning needs of children
with special needs. In order to ensure the training of general teachers in cascading mode, the
department has approved training of 93345 general teachers in the AWP&B of F.Y 2025-26.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has also promoted inclusive teaching
through capacity-building programs, manuals, and a dedicated Handbook of Inclusive Education,
offering guidance on curriculum adaptation, teaching strategies and alternative assessments for
CwSN.
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has integrated two dedicated credits on
inclusive education for CwSN within the Four-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme
(ITEP) for pre-service teacher education. This is aimed at ensuring inclusion, equal participation
of CwSN in inclusive schools, and equipping future teachers to adapt teaching-learning processes
to address varied learning needs, including those related to learning disabilities.
Moreover, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), a statutory body of Government of
India, mandates to prescribe minimum standards of education and training of various categories of
professionals / personnel dealing with people with disabilities; to maintain Central Rehabilitation
Register (CRR) for registration of professionals/ personnel. RCI has also been given mandate to
develop Human Resource in 16 categories of Professional/ Personnel and around 2.33 lakh
professionals are registered as special educators in CRR.
****ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) To (D) OF THE RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 ASKED BY
SHRI RAJINDER GUPTA HON’BLE MP REGARDING “AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL
EDUCATORS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES”
State/UT-wise status of Special Educators in 2024-25 as per UDISE+
India/State/UT Schools having Special Educator (2024-25)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 20
Andhra Pradesh 7193
Arunachal Pradesh 188
Assam 1851
Bihar 10776
Chandigarh 54
Chhattisgarh 2223
Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu 7
Delhi 3926
Goa 127
Gujarat 2077
Haryana 1359
Himachal Pradesh 840
Jammu & Kashmir 1765
Jharkhand 2086
Karnataka 10986
Kerala 3389
Ladakh 26
Lakshadweep 4
Madhya Pradesh 9561
Maharashtra 4860
Manipur 429
Meghalaya 176
Mizoram 49
Nagaland 111
Odisha 7142
Puducherry 90
Punjab 2202
Rajasthan 7798
Sikkim 60
Tamilnadu 2079
Telangana 2388
Tripura 307
Uttar Pradesh 22446
Uttarakhand 1593
West Bengal 2152
India 112340ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF THE LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 ASKED
BY SHRI RAJINDER GUPTA, HON’BLE MP REGARDING “AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL
EDUCATORS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES”
State/UT-wise CwSN enrolment from 2020-21 to 2024-25 as per UDISE+
CwSN ENROLMENT
India/State/UT 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023- 24 2024-25
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 595 527 741 724 772
Andhra Pradesh 88252 92262 88502 76620 89608
Arunachal Pradesh 3289 3038 3006 3007 3089
Assam 59596 55243 58890 56841 56454
Bihar 141314 177989 163322 165343 181200
Chandigarh 3492 3755 3891 4050 3602
Chhattisgarh 67768 77249 79619 83719 73645
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman
& Diu 2493 1178 1137 1126 1201
Delhi 29178 27026 22530 35877 38384
Goa 2099 3779 4538 4341 4571
Gujarat 81616 73912 67072 62121 61569
Haryana 25828 25718 22418 19352 21625
Himachal Pradesh 6751 6864 6463 5984 6170
Jammu & Kashmir 22736 19867 19054 17993 20534
Jharkhand 53118 51665 35765 49346 50126
Karnataka 98371 98961 100482 88701 85872
Kerala 139443 138413 134223 123877 123600
Ladakh 572 1052 630 622 626
Lakshadweep 267 208 194 198 190
Madhya Pradesh 121475 139258 143560 146932 153821
Maharashtra 280574 260251 243496 234489 233791
Manipur 4451 4759 4183 4065 4265
Meghalaya 4975 4601 3888 3252 3421
Mizoram 4195 3976 4057 3874 3828
Nagaland 2280 4084 2458 1667 1744
Odisha 103058 146512 97030 93467 91631
Puducherry 1675 2288 1543 1219 1235
Punjab 67483 66776 61302 51415 53761
Rajasthan 84059 80910 80790 69591 70200
Sikkim 1555 1320 1130 1025 998
Tamilnadu 163570 156359 140842 142697 140803
Telangana 43680 40014 33063 81240 72672
Tripura 3700 3914 3949 3243 3318
Uttar Pradesh 317212 327385 322969 316406 333862
Uttarakhand 5285 5080 4680 4645 5209
West Bengal 155193 160599 145795 155041 151861
India 2191198 2266792 2107212 2114110 2149258