Centre for Symbiosis of Technology, Environment & Management

Impact Assessment of the Scheme “Financial Assistance to Special Schools for Physically Challenged Run by Non-Government Organizations (NGO) under Child Centric Scheme.”

The study was funded by the Karnataka Evaluation Authority. Duration of the study was FIVE months. One hundred and twenty special schools were covered in the present evaluation study. Of these, thirty five schools, which comprise of 24 Child Centric and 11 Grant in Aid schools, have been physically visited. Remaining schools were covered through a structured questionnaire which was sent through post/e-mail. The objective of the evaluation study is ‘to assess the impact of the scheme of providing financial assistance to special schools for physically challenged run by Non-Government Organizations (NGO) under Child Centric Scheme in the State of Karnataka. It also intends to compare Child Centric Specific (CCS) Schools with Grant-in-Aid (GIA) schools, to find out significant differences between them.

The aspects covered by the study are under the following broad groups:

  • Establishment details,
  • Infrastructure of school & hostel,
  • Staff details,
  • Academic details,
  • Facilities provided, and
  • Specific outputs.

The CCS schools are found to be performing better than GIA schools. Special schools reported the shortage of special teachers required.