Making schools inclusive is important. In fact it’s a need in today’s times so that our future generations are less polarising and dividing than we ourselves have become. However, opening separate schools is a political statement than an economic one. The government needs to demonstrate that it gives political importance to a section or class in society and that becomes the leverage for the community to negotiate its position in the society with other communities. So in a nutshell it’s a good idea to start with. And in any case inclusive schools in the true sense are a dream still a few miles away.

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Inclusive systems provide a better quality education for all children and are instrumental in changing discriminatory attitudes. Schools provide the context for a child’s first relationship with the world outside their families, enabling the development of social relationships and interactions. Respect and understanding grow when students of diverse abilities and backgrounds play, socialize, and learn together. Education that excludes and segregates perpetuates discrimination against traditionally marginalized groups. When education is more inclusive, so are concepts of civic participation, employment, and community life

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Inclusive education ensures the participation of all students in schooling. It involves setting up the culture, policies and practices in schools so that the kids can respond to the diversity of students in their locality. Obviously setting up new residential schools for different communities is not the only way to bring inclusiveness in the education system but at least we can this as a start to bring students to the schools from those communities which do not have access to our so-called inclusive schools. There are for sure political interests behind this but I see this as an initiative to bring that community at the same level at least in terms of knowledge, to begin with. These schools will be beneficial for the students as long as they fulfil the goal of providing quality education to the students who did not have access to it.

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