Abstract

The digital education is one of the most potentially emerging routes for learning especially for the children with special needs. By using digital technology one can improve the learning at all levels, and for people of all backgrounds. Digital education is the educational resources for the differently able students. The current paper will review the development of education provision for children with special educational needs in India and the factors which have influenced current policy drive to Inclusive education supported by assistive technologies. Digital Education represents a new model for inclusive Educational which can bring benefits to both children with special needs and their non-disabled peers. Present paper will also reflect on the gap between the model of Inclusive Education  that is being striven for and the current model of provision and the critical contribution that Information and communication Technology  or  Assistive Technology  can make as a means for bridging that gap. Its aim is to encourage thinking and discussion about the future direction for the development of an inclusive education model in direct response to needs, but which would contain principles and elements that could be applied to any developing country context.

Key Words: Digital education, children with special needs, inclusive Education