Parliament Question: Enrolment of Children with Special Needs in Government Schools

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5773 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 Enrolment of Children with Special Needs in Government Schools †5773. Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the total number of Children with Special Needs (CWSN) and girl students enrolled in Government/Government-aided and local body schools in the country during the last five years, year-wise/State-wise, particularly district-wise in Maharashtra, especially in the Washim- Yavatmal Lok Sabha Constituency; (b) the number of enrolled students with more than 40 percent disability during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise, particularly district-wise in Maharashtra; (c) the number of such girl students who have received scholarships under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan during the last five years; (d) the details of fund allocated and disbursed in this regard, year-wise and State/UT-wise particularly district-wise details in Maharashtra; and (e) the number of Government/Government-aided and local body schools having special educators/teachers during the last five years, year-wise/State-wise and district-wise in Maharashtra? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) & (b): The details of total number of Children with Special Needs (CwSN) and girl CwSN enrolled in Government/Government-aided and local body schools in the country during the last five years, year-wise/State-wise is at Annexure-I. The district-wise details of total number of CwSN and CwSN girls enrolled in Government/Government-aided and local body schools during the last five years in Maharashtra is at Annexure-II. (c) & (d): Under Samagra Shiksha, there is a dedicated component for Inclusive Education (IE) for CwSN, to ensure full equity and inclusion such that all children with special needs are able to fully participate in regular schools. To encourage girl children with disabilities to attend schools, stipend for girls with special needs @ Rs.200/- per month for 10 months (Rs.2,000/- per annum) through Direct Benefit Transfer is provided. The details of stipend provided to CwSN girls under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan during the last five years is at Annexure-III. (e): The details of total number of Government/Government-aided and local body schools having special educators/teachers during the last five years, year-wise/State-wise is at Annexure-IV. *****Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) & (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5773 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT AND SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH, HON’BLE MP’s REGARDING ‘ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS’ State/UT and year wise details of total number of Children with Special Needs (CwSN) and girl CwSN enrolled in Government/Government- aided and local body schools in the country during the last five years 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 India/State/ UT Total Girl Total Girl Total Girl Total Girl Total Girl CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN India 1951729 847522 2026269 856841 1924617 829446 1928841 833553 1905946 827521 A&N Islands 556 205 505 187 695 249 677 247 719 258 Andhra 75127 32225 76014 32215 74010 31162 63535 26583 74427 31884 Pradesh Arunachal 3038 1631 2860 1593 2820 1605 2741 1520 2702 1541 Pradesh Assam 55019 25817 51639 23205 55820 24883 54099 24142 52565 23431 Bihar 135257 59828 170900 69113 156987 68466 161128 71065 172486 79120 Chandigarh 3006 1165 3375 1373 3574 1460 3723 1476 3390 1309 Chhattisgarh 63973 29388 73107 32817 76219 36130 80041 38406 68307 32987 DNH and 2458 1169 1158 468 1118 458 1093 444 1162 479 D&D Delhi 19340 9102 18858 8928 18716 9315 29776 13715 31143 14253 Goa 1907 748 3590 1313 4311 1565 4134 1484 4365 1556 Gujarat 71006 29434 63952 25142 60513 24786 56479 23094 55060 22523 Haryana 20746 8773 21464 8717 18336 7490 16910 6933 18251 7429 Himachal 5973 2697 6069 2733 6177 2884 5559 2575 5622 2536 Pradesh Jammu & 16362 7057 14137 5884 15858 6679 15311 6293 17240 7093 Kashmir Jharkhand 46525 21826 46032 20959 33070 14998 45365 21153 45021 21047 Karnataka 82945 36224 84220 36555 85062 36616 75440 32337 71229 30555 Kerala 123141 50219 121478 48524 118741 46810 108327 42519 108343 42964 Ladakh 442 234 721 363 524 232 516 248 517 252 Lakshadweep 267 104 208 82 194 82 198 87 190 80 Madhya 108420 48990 128661 56812 130212 59450 132000 60543 133704 61491 Pradesh Maharashtra 237668 101848 224655 94033 213762 90294 206512 88280 205410 88043 Manipur 3849 1843 4141 2000 3809 1913 3713 1864 3944 1940 Meghalaya 4012 1805 3505 1514 2951 1268 2468 1103 2505 1130 Mizoram 3889 2004 3742 1960 3717 1975 3461 1875 3236 1729 Nagaland 1363 670 2091 986 1370 701 944 445 902 429 Odisha 97544 42223 139445 59515 92022 39459 88034 37313 85101 35992 Puducherry 1094 499 2022 948 847 388 1033 549 1022 528 Punjab 60881 25836 61976 26575 56354 23913 47739 20024 49569 20982 Rajasthan 72937 31161 71601 29940 71923 30557 60500 25952 58385 25136 Sikkim 1473 616 1230 491 1117 474 984 407 936 399 Tamilnadu 151387 61496 145756 58975 129794 52366 130861 52876 128507 52316 Telangana 32987 15473 30661 13943 28946 12727 67024 30309 56337 25219 Tripura 3456 1459 3725 1562 3767 1632 3058 1286 3122 1293 Uttar Pradesh 291058 125264 290447 119730 306924 132159 302467 128762 291645 123762 Uttarakhand 3837 1717 3684 1690 3671 1538 3598 1543 3635 1549 West Bengal 148786 66772 148640 65996 140686 62762 149393 66101 145247 64286 Source-UDISE+Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) & (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5773 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT AND SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH, HON’BLE MP’s REGARDING ‘ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS’ District and year wise details of total number of CWSN and girl CwSN enrolled in Government/Government-aided and local body schools in state of Maharashtra during the last five years Maharashtra 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Total Girl Total Girl Total Girl Total Girl Total Girl District CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN CwSN Ahmadnagar 11564 4853 11861 4848 11803 4797 11487 4818 11216 4714 Akola 3708 1546 3600 1495 3284 1404 3064 1309 3014 1290 Amravati 6338 2703 5774 2459 5492 2274 5341 2235 5488 2249 Aurangabad (Maharashtra) 8173 3506 7772 3176 6743 2765 0 0 0 0 Bhandara 4023 1785 3896 1636 3577 1492 3411 1412 3467 1438 Bid 9036 3533 8781 3364 8235 3237 6744 2676 6729 2659 Buldana 7378 3047 7096 2809 6025 2467 5503 2262 5424 2276 Chandrapur 5444 2378 5139 2199 4818 2082 4568 1975 4428 1933 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 6297 2564 6166 2514 Dharashiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 4433 1961 4404 1931 Dhule 4612 2102 4851 2213 3953 1748 3660 1593 3851 1719 Gadchiroli 5061 2426 4719 2189 4439 2022 4068 1854 3949 1821 Gondiya 3810 1648 3715 1574 3482 1499 3348 1437 3613 1559 Hingoli 2989 1234 2306 910 1877 745 1843 763 1852 781 Jalgaon 6307 2480 6379 2486 6364 2556 5834 2359 6112 2457 Jalna 4054 1782 4349 1827 4123 1813 3516 1561 4198 1942 Kolhapur 7422 2970 7278 2838 7007 2759 6815 2730 6648 2695 Latur 5729 2360 5578 2273 5786 2326 5421 2179 5388 2175 Mumbai (Suburban) 7154 2985 6318 2616 6498 2557 6540 2498 6225 2389 Mumbai Ii 8762 3928 6859 2953 7054 3346 8155 3938 8099 3858 Nagpur 9902 4302 9505 4110 8910 3880 9115 3884 9132 3845 Nanded 8300 3500 6646 2723 6247 2724 5847 2556 5883 2580 Nandurbar 1532 719 1565 674 1432 628 1467 664 1523 680 Nashik 11657 5000 10676 4510 10711 4584 10403 4405 10122 4296 Osmanabad 5458 2434 5248 2212 4771 2100 0 0 0 0 Palghar 5323 2378 4694 2145 4712 2123 4779 2202 4874 2244 Parbhani 9331 4141 8546 3649 7582 3261 7622 3370 6942 3061 Pune 11535 4833 10453 4212 10419 4277 10007 4071 10299 4229 Raigarh (Maharashtra) 4308 1927 4183 1792 3983 1705 3812 1669 3732 1615 Ratnagiri 4293 1838 4028 1728 3661 1521 3425 1413 3448 1438 Sangli 10953 4898 10776 4752 10649 4802 10815 5258 9624 4811 Satara 9881 4318 10067 4386 9807 4191 9714 4320 9356 4199 Sindhudurg 2884 1228 2715 1168 2578 1082 2384 1012 2335 976 Solapur 8606 3409 8239 3223 7993 3095 7855 3058 7836 3101 Thane 9453 4115 8916 3763 8343 3502 8403 3583 8549 3636 Wardha 3678 1561 3342 1406 3146 1317 3159 1315 3150 1299 Washim 3295 1490 3242 1450 3191 1399 3103 1387 3018 1328 Yavatmal 5715 2491 5543 2265 5067 2214 4554 1989 5316 2305 Source-UDISE+Annexure-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (C) & (D) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5773 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT AND SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH, HON’BLE MP’s REGARDING ‘ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS’ State/UT and year wise details of stipend provided to CwSN girls under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan during the last five years 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 S.No. State/UT Approval Progress Approval Progress Approval Progress Approval Progress Approval Progress Phy. 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A&N 1 111 2.22 111 2.22 171 3.42 171 3.42 189 3.78 189 3.78 183 3.66 0 0 244 4.88 244 4.88 Islands Andhra 2 6773 135.46 4786 74.81 23642 472.84 577 7.79 31241 624.82 18693 373.86 31168 623.36 0 0 30560 611.2 52791 1055.82 Pradesh Arunachal 3 1717 34.34 1717 34.34 1781 35.62 1437 28.74 1761 35.22 1761 35.22 1585 31.7 1585 31.7 1719 34.38 1719 34.38 Pradesh 2676 4 Assam 535.22 26227 524.54 27392 547.84 27093 454.47 25782 515.64 18377 445.95 22835 456.7 12685 373.17 24365 487.3 23944 517.72 1 2011 5 Bihar 402.28 6888 146.31 26155 523.1 7795 154.73 18830 376.6 9122 178.59 21918 438.36 3100 57.29 23356 467.12 11831 148.99 4 Chandigar 6 610 12.2 558 11.04 528 10.56 527 10.52 488 9.76 479 9.53 531 10.62 507 10.14 488 9.76 488 9.76 h Chhattisga 1657 7 331.44 16545 255.76 14689 293.78 14689 293.78 28805 576.1 28805 576.1 32108 642.16 4945 52.45 35459 709.18 32219 561.5 rh 2 8 Delhi 7537 150.74 592 13.53 8398 167.96 7097 108.94 8900 178 8373 167.67 8272 165.44 0 0 9806 196.12 9628 192.56 9 Dnd – Dnh 938 18.76 878 17.56 1095 21.9 258 5.16 315 6.3 291 5.82 270 5.4 596 8.95 313 6.26 211 0 10 Goa 698 15.65 500 6.49 866 17.32 625 12.5 748 14.96 359 5.88 727 14.54 0 0 755 16.54 614 12.28 1456 11 Gujarat 291.22 11667 236.20 32193 643.86 20306 387.99 28402 568.04 19049 363.75 23914 478.28 17148 315.84 23138 462.76 18069 348.82 1 1081 12 Haryana 216.22 4527 105.18 10324 206.48 10324 206.48 8673 173.46 8673 173.46 8583 171.66 2423 88.73 7152 143.04 2218 36.31 1 Himachal 13 3612 72.24 2687 53.74 3335 66.7 2955 58.82 2543 50.86 2543 50.86 2591 51.82 6493 133.79 2352 47.04 1206 7.68 Pradesh Jammu & 14 8495 169.9 0 25.87 7778 155.56 5126 102.52 7054 141.08 3626 72.55 5871 117.42 5871 117.42 6464 129.28 312 4.46 Kashmir 15 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3526 16 Karnataka 705.3 34146 236.53 39267 785.34 33175 384.66 35231 704.62 33843 562.65 35385 707.7 1897 35.44 32230 644.6 2845 17.78 5 5225 17 Kerala 1045.08 51084 473.18 46793 935.86 37476 851.58 43843 876.86 43691 874.63 48422 968.44 0 0 44532 890.64 8236 68.43 4 18 Ladakh 545 10.9 0 0 347 6.94 251 5.02 219 4.38 219 4.38 336 6.72 336 6.72 233 4.66 233 4.66 Lakshadw 19 76 1.52 56 1.12 83 1.66 81 1.62 86 1.72 86 1.58 82 1.64 0 0 80 1.6 80 0.98 eep Madhya 1919 20 383.86 16369 327.38 18210 364.2 18110 364.2 24965 499.3 24965 499.27 25477 509.54 481 0 26312 526.24 26312 468.22 Pradesh 3Maharash 5399 21 1079.82 12874 103.81 105840 2116.8 0 0 96590 1931.8 10474 457.08 89626 1792.52 40655 453.72 78644 1572.88 59876 1074.66 tra 1 22 Manipur 1803 36.06 1803 27.98 1751 35.02 1616 32.32 1455 29.1 1455 29.1 1649 32.98 0 0 1538 30.76 1426 29.96 23 Meghalaya 1519 30.38 1046 20.92 1644 32.88 85 1.7 1792 35.84 772 15.44 1242 24.84 0 0 1256 25.12 549 0 24 Mizoram 2116 42.32 2056 37.22 1721 34.42 1654 32.24 2003 40.06 2003 40.06 1959 39.18 0 0 1970 39.4 1969 37.24 25 Nagaland 186 3.72 186 3.72 352 7.04 90 1.8 166 3.32 161 3.22 985 19.7 0 0 698 13.96 12 0 2471 26 Odisha 494.38 18033 367.66 21100 422 16934 342.92 22637 452.74 17708 354.40 22384 447.68 10816 195.72 27994 559.88 20211 397.62 9 Puducherr 27 329 6.58 221 4.42 471 9.42 471 9.42 342 6.84 342 6.84 922 18.44 922 18.44 360 7.2 100 2 y 2730 28 Punjab 546.12 27306 546.12 26054 521.08 26054 521.08 25690 513.8 25690 513.8 24558 491.16 5506 116.32 23726 474.52 18522 356.02 6 29 Rajasthan 6036 120.72 5846 116.22 11235 224.7 9132 188.42 14359 287.18 11948 231.88 11180 223.6 10084 196.99 12974 259.48 12469 252.65 30 Sikkim 465 9.3 465 9.3 385 7.7 385 7.7 669 13.38 669 13.38 446 8.92 0 0 268 5.36 268 5.36 Tamil 3217 31 643.48 30955 633.14 92156 1843.12 91811 1836.22 49966 999.32 11028 223.78 35133 702.66 0 0 34053 681.06 29710 319.02 Nadu 4 1736 32 Telangana 347.22 17361 210.19 15684 313.68 0 0 15393 307.86 8727 121.45 12722 254.44 0 0 11925 238.5 11921 194.05 1 33 Tripura 1419 28.38 1419 28.38 1862 37.24 1862 36.99 1452 29.04 1452 29.04 1515 30.3 0 0 1515 30.3 1515 30.3 Uttar 1172 34 234.46 8219 164.33 13882 277.64 8593 172.166 17081 341.62 13769 274.99 20546 410.92 19903 399.2 22326 446.52 22169 400.88 Pradesh 3 Uttarakhan 35 1973 39.46 1640 32.81 2001 40.02 1688 33.76 1622 32.44 585 13.32 1654 33.08 556 11.12 2234 44.68 1113 12.50 d West 5538 36 1107.7 55385 1107.7 53698 1073.96 53698 1073.96 61212 1224.24 40841 842.73 60379 1207.58 31981 650.66 58978 1179.56 3061 71.18 Bengal 5 Source-PRABANDH Portal (Note: No Proposal received from the Jharkhand State for Stipend to CwSN Girls.)Annexure-IV ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (E) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5773 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT AND SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH, HON’BLE MP’s REGARDING ‘ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS’ State/UT and year wise details of Government/Government-aided and local body schools having special educators/teachers in the country including Maharashtra during the last five years India/State/UT 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 India 46370 46150 52618 51464 52274 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 9 11 11 11 9 Andhra Pradesh 130 2267 3049 2788 2681 Arunachal Pradesh 69 63 62 65 61 Assam 1133 993 938 874 845 Bihar 5840 5979 7624 7539 7465 Chandigarh 3 3 5 9 4 Chhattisgarh 772 894 1294 1321 1300 Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu 2 1 1 1 1 Delhi 1351 1556 1556 2368 2534 Goa 61 82 90 98 104 Gujarat 830 713 758 796 835 Haryana 119 99 96 114 134 Himachal Pradesh 282 273 225 312 384 Jammu & Kashmir 554 526 652 592 595 Jharkhand 1635 1409 1282 1177 1184 Karnataka 9167 8043 7290 6535 6195 Kerala 2180 2857 3143 2739 2542 Ladakh 17 11 8 9 6 Lakshadweep 2 5 7 6 4 Madhya Pradesh 3587 3337 3703 3603 3500 Maharashtra 2602 2326 2190 2120 2256 Manipur 55 49 132 132 143 Meghalaya 97 105 102 96 98 Mizoram 9 10 9 17 18 Nagaland 48 27 26 23 20 Odisha 518 1397 5092 5454 5450 Puducherry 30 28 25 22 23 Punjab 21 154 689 587 563 Rajasthan 1862 1767 2685 2919 3335 Sikkim 26 25 35 31 30 Tamilnadu 788 2 2 32 1036 Telangana 383 368 348 469 765 Tripura 75 116 139 171 199 Uttar Pradesh 9853 8546 6999 6254 5916 Uttarakhand 292 256 707 616 575 West Bengal 1968 1852 1644 1564 1464 Source-UDISE+