Maharashtra Orders Statewide Survey of Disabled Students

The Maharashtra Education Department has ordered a statewide survey of children with disabilities aged 0 to 18 years under the Inclusive Education Programme for the 2026-27 academic year. Officials have instructed all designated survey centres to complete the exercise by July 10, ensuring that every eligible child is identified and receives government educational support.

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The directive was issued by Devidas Kulal, Joint Director of the Maharashtra Primary Education Council, to District Education Officers and Municipal Education Administrators across the state.

According to the circular, special educators deployed at the centre, taluka, and district levels must immediately begin the survey in their assigned areas. The department has stressed that these teachers should focus exclusively on the survey and must not be assigned any other district or taluka-level administrative work during this period.

The move comes after last year’s survey for the 2025-26 academic session, which resulted in the registration of 14,000 additional students with disabilities in the UDISE system. Encouraged by those findings, the government aims to ensure that no eligible child is left out of the education database this year.

Special educators have also been instructed to coordinate with school principals and update the details of every identified child in the UDISE database. Centre heads must verify that the survey has been completed successfully and submit a jointly certified report, signed by both the centre head and the concerned special educator.

The Education Department has warned that students who are left out of the survey may also miss out on government educational schemes, support services, and benefits, making the exercise critical for ensuring inclusive education across Maharashtra.

District authorities will consolidate reports from all centres before submitting the final district-level report to the Maharashtra Primary Education Council. The deadline for submitting the consolidated report has been fixed as July 15.

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