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IdeaPal is your personal assistant and resource hub for advancing Inclusive Higher Education.
Inclusive Higher Education has been an urgent need on the ground. Despite progressive legislation, inclusive higher education in India continues to face significant challenges in implementation. Disability awareness and institutional know-how remain limited across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
To address this gap, the Office of Learning Support (OLS) at Ashoka University has been convening and organising an annual conference, Conclave, focused on inclusion in higher education since 2022. Following the Conclave in 2024, a group of universities and organisations came together through Idea Labs to begin co-creating practical, shareable resources.
Simultaneously, to give this movement further strength and impetus, the Idea Lab collective is merging with the Inclusive University Alliance (IUA) — a network of HEIs and associate organisations committed to inclusive higher education.
To learn more about the Inclusive University Alliance (IUA), kindly visit the IUA website.
To join the IUA Network, please reach out to connect@inclusiveunivs.in.
This platform hosts field-tested, collaboratively developed, and operationally implementable frameworks and guidelines to help institutions translate inclusive policies into practice. It will help you map your journey from the “What” offered by government guidelines to the “How” of implementing those guidelines.
Note: IdeaPal is a dynamic and evolving database. Please visit regularly for updates.
Implementing inclusive education practices at a higher education institute involves the following four steps. Dive in to know more about each step and get going today.
Step 1: Make Your Admission Process Inclusive
Step 2: Build Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Policy and Implementation Framework
Step 3: Build Systems to Implement Inclusive Services on Campus
Step 4: Monitor and Review Inclusive Education Services
Objective: Ensure that students with disabilities are not excluded at the entry point. This includes creating an accessible admission process through the following checks at each step of the admission process.
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Objective: Build a structured, transparent, and rights-based process to assess, decide, and implement reasonable accommodations based on individual needs, ensuring full participation of students with disabilities in all aspects of campus life.
Objective: Build campus-wide inclusive education services that are both student and ecosystem-focused, ensuring effective implementation of Reasonable Accommodations and inclusion across all aspects of campus life – classroom learning, assessments, libraries, placements, and other key student services.
Objective: Create mechanisms to track implementation, collect feedback, and regularly improve inclusion practices to remain responsive to student needs and evolving standards.
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