Lack of academic support hits Tiruchi’s special needs students in senior classes
Special educators in Tiruchi report that students with intellectual disabilities and autism are facing significant barriers in mainstream senior classes due to a lack of institutional support. The shortage of accessible scribes and the failure of schools to provide mandatory special educators are forcing many of these students to drop out of the education system.
Why it matters
This issue highlights a critical failure in inclusive education policies, where systemic neglect threatens the academic future and social integration of vulnerable student populations.
Special educators in Tiruchi have expressed concern over the lack of support for children with intellectual disability and on the autism spectrum attending mainstream schools as they are being asked to make private arrangements for writing exams in senior classes.
Approximately 25 to 30 senior school students with special needs in Tiruchi are estimated to be affected this year as scribes who can help them to write exams are not easily available.
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