Which of the following is an example of inclusion in the Indian education…

Concept

Inclusion, or inclusive education, means that every learner — whatever their ability, gender, language or social background — studies together with age-peers in the common classroom of a regular neighbourhood school, and the system adapts its curriculum, teaching methods and support to the learner instead of sorting the learner out. Its opposites are exclusion, where a learner group is kept out of the school altogether, and segregation, where the group is in school but taught apart from others.

Application

Apply that test to each practice: does the learner remain in the common classroom, with the support brought to that classroom? Admitting children with disabilities into regular classrooms does exactly this — a group historically taught in separate special schools now studies alongside age-peers, with curricular and resource support delivered inside the general classroom. This is the model laid down in Indian law and policy: section 2(m) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 defines inclusive education as a system in which students with and without disability learn together, section 16 of the same Act requires education in an inclusive setting, and the Right to Education Act, 2009 together with NEP 2020 and Samagra Shiksha carry the same requirement into ordinary schools.

Contrast

• Refusing admission to students from certain backgrounds keeps a learner group out of the school altogether, which is exclusion — the direct opposite of inclusion.

• Separating boys and girls for all activities keeps the learners in school but teaches them apart on gender lines, which is segregation rather than inclusion.

• Teaching only in the local language is a medium-of-instruction decision; by itself it settles nothing about who shares the classroom, and it can shut out children whose home language is different.

Result

Inclusion in the Indian education system is illustrated by admitting children with disabilities into regular classrooms, with the needed support provided inside that classroom.