ROLE OF REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF

INDIA (RCI)
PRESENTED BY

NAME : AMIT ISHAR

ENROLMENT NO : 03RGC-M.Ed.-17

COURSE CODE : 401

SUBJECT : INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

SESSION : 2017-19

INSTITUTION : RGCE,KATHUA(JAMMU)
 REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA

• The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) was set up

in 1993 under a central legislation, enacted in 1992.

• The main purpose of the RCI Act was to regulate and

standardize the programmes of training professionals
in the disability sector on the lines of professional
bodies such as the Medical Council of India and the
Bar Council of India.
• The RCI, however, did not confine itself to mere policing
but went beyond that to ensure the socio-economic
empowerment of the disabled.

• The reason is not far to seek. Contrary to the popular

notion or misconception the disabled too have fundamental
rights to education, employment, health and a host of other
rights guaranteed under the constitution.

• But the rehabilitation efforts undertaken for some decades

had not succeeded to the desired extent in enabling the
disabled to secure their rights.
• The National Handicapped Council , an apex advisory
body in the disability sector, found in 1983 that one of the
main reasons for the schemes for the rehabilitation of the
disabled not making much headway was a lack of trained
manpower.

• The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) was set up as a

registered society in 1986.On September, 1992 the RCI Act
was enacted by parliament and it became a statutory body
on 22 June 1993.The Act was amended by parliament in
2000 to make it more broad based.
 ROLE OF RCI
1. Regulating the training policies and programmes in the
field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.

2. Bring about standardization of training courses for

professionals dealing with persons with disabilities.

3. Prescribing minimum standards of education and training

of various categories of professional/personnel dealing with
people with disabilities.
4. Regulating these standards in all training institutions
uniformly throughout the country.

5. Promoting research in rehabilitation and special education.

6. Maintaining central rehabilitation register for registration

of professionals/personnel.

7. Recognizing vocational rehabilitation centers as manpower

development centers.
8. To recognize institutions/ organizations/ universities
running master's degree/ bachelor's degree/ P.G.Diploma/
Diploma/ Certificate courses in the field of rehabilitation
of persons with disabilities.
9. To recognize degree/diploma/certificate awarded by
foreign universities/ institutions on reciprocal basis.
10. To encourage continuing education in the field of
rehabilitation and special education by way of
collaboration with organizations working in the field of
disability.
11.Collecting information on a regular basis on education
and training in the field of rehabilitation of people with
disabilities from institutions in India and abroad.

12. Recognizing the National Institutes and apex institutions

on disability as manpower development centers.

13. Registers personnel working in national institutes and

apex institutions on disability under the ministry of social
justice and empowerment.

14.Registers vocational instructors and other personnel

working in the vocational Rehabilitation Centers.
 CONCLUSION

The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) is the apex

government body, set up under an Act of Parliament, to
regulate training programmes and courses targeted at
disabled, disadvantaged, and special education
requirement communities.
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