This programme will be offered in collaboration with Spastics Society of Karnataka, and Ummeed Child Development Center.

Spastics Society of Karnataka is a non-governmental organisation that has done 15 years and more of dedicated service towards conducting various pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes for inclusive education, autism spectrum disorder, learning disability, early childhood education, and cerebral palsy.

Ummeed Child Development Center is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision of helping children with developmental disabilities reach their full potential to be included in society. In nineteen years, with a transdisciplinary team of developmental paediatricians, occupational therapists, mental health professionals, autism intervention specialists, special educators, speech therapists and social workers have directly worked with over 10,000 children and their families, providing support through over 75,000 sessions.

The Diploma in Inclusive Education provides regular school teachers with the knowledge about inclusive education as a concept and practice, and equips them with skills needed to identify and work with children with diverse learning needs in regular classrooms. Through extensive hands on exercises and evidence based practices, teachers will learn how to modify curriculum, teaching practices and assessment to suit individual learning needs of children in their classrooms, and to practice inclusion in their own settings.

The diploma programme will be beneficial to all Teachers in the primary and middle school, and to Educators in administrative roles such as school heads, Principals, Special Educators, and Counsellors belonging to the public and private school systems.

• Provide regular school teachers with an understanding about inclusion, current policy provisions, and the benefits and barriers of inclusive education in the Indian school system.
• Prepare teachers with skills to identify and support diversity in the classroom.
• Equip teachers with capabilities to modify the curriculum, instruction, pedagogy and assessment to support the needs of children with learning difficulties in regular classrooms.
• Provide teachers and educators with knowledge and skills to set up inclusive practices in their own contexts.

The programme is open for teachers, Educators, Principals, Special Educators and Counsellors from public and private school with minimum 2 years of relevant work experience. The eligibility criteria are:

• Undergraduate in any discipline (Preferred)
• Working knowledge of English (reading, writing, and speaking)

ADMISSION PROCESS

• Step‑1: Online application form with statement of purpose.
• Step‑2: Panel Interview in online mode.

FEES

• Fees for the Diploma programme — INR 60,000 (incl. GST)
  

• Fees for the Certificate programmes — INR 20,000 (incl. GST) per certificate

The fees for both Diploma and Certificate programmes include only tuition fees. There is an additional cost of INR 3500/​week for accommodation. Food and travel expense is also additional which has to be borne by the participant.

Note: GST rates are in line with Government guidelines and are subject to change.