Diploma in Special Education Dear students do you know that how students with benchmark disability such as Blindness, Hearing Impairment, Speech Impairment, Locomotive Disability and multiple disabilities, study for their career? Have you ever thought that how the students from disability groups may become a teacher in school? What are the ways to teach the students with physical disability? If your answer is not confirmed or clear, then we are going to tell you each and every answer of the above question through this post.
Diploma in Special Education
Diploma in Special Education is the educational programme that is designed to consider the need, expectations and modern methods and techniques to teach student with benchmark disabilities such as Blindness, Hearing Impairment, Speech Impairment, Locomotive Disability and multiple disabilities. There are various courses on special education in Indian Universities and colleges recognized by UGC, AICTE, RCI, AIMA and other Affiliated Body in India.
There are various educational programmes on special education in under RCI and the list is given below: –
- Diploma in Elementary Education on Special Education
- Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation
- Diploma in Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpretation
- Diploma in Teaching Sign Language
- Diploma in Hearing Aid Repair and Ear Mould Technology
- Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (Intellectual Disability)
- D.Ed in Special Education (Hearing Impairment)
- D.Ed in Special Education (Visual Impairment)
- Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation (Intellectual Disability)
- Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (Hearing Impairment)
- Diploma in Computer Education (Visual Impairment)
- D.Ed Special Education (Multiple Disability)
- D.Ed in Special Education (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
- Diploma in Rehabilitation Therapy)
- Diploma in Hearing Language and Speech
Students with disabilities may have access for education and teaching career opportunities with the above educational programmes to became a teacher in school system.
National Board of Examination in Rehabilitation (NBER), Rehabilitation Council of India has started admission process for various courses in Special Education such as Certificate and Diploma level courses approved by Rehabilitation Council of India.
The schedule to the admission process for academic session 2024-25 is as follow: –
Sr. No. | Events | Dates |
1 | Commencement of Admission Process | 15.05.2024 |
2 | Admission of students by the Institute and verification of academic credential (Class 10th and 12th marksheet and certificates, SC ST, PWD etc., if any) of candidates by the respective training institutes | 15.05.2024—to 14.06.2024 |
3 | Online submission of final data of admitted candidates in the prescribed portal of NBER, RCI by the respective training institute | 15.06.2024 to 20.06.2024 |
4 | Verification of data of admitted students by using Mobile and email OTP | 21.06.2024 to 27.06.2024 |
5 | Vetting of data by the respective examining bodies | 28.06.2024 to 03.07.2024 |
6 | Declaration of course wise and institute wise list of admitted candidates on RCI Website | 08.07.2024 |
7 | Generation of PNR number to all admitted candidates by the NBER, RCI | 09.07.2024 to 11.07.2024 |
8 | Commencement of Classes at all training institutes | 12.07.2024 |
Diploma in Special Education Eligibility Criteria
Candidate should have minimum 50% marks in 12th examination from any recognized board of central/state government
Relaxation in marks for reserved category
Diploma in Special Education Selection Process
The admission into the diploma courses is based on merit list prepared from the aggregate marks obtained in qualifying examination.
Ther preference in admission to RCI approved diploma and certificate level courses to be extended to parents and siblings of PwD on the basis of percentage of disability with minimum 50% disability- 5 marks and minimum 10 marks with 100% disability
Diploma in Special Education: Required Documents
1.application form
2. Acknowledgement slip
3. Self-attested copy of caste certificate
4. educational qualification
5. UDID (PwD) certificate
There are around 1500 special schools in India so it needs the teacher for them right from elementary level to higher secondary level