Dr. Asmita Huddar on Career Opportunities in Special Education

Special education is a wonderful fulfilling career options, uhh with lot of scope for higher education, research, including good pay packages.

So youngsters can look at it as a career option.

After graduation, B.A, B.Com, B.Sc., or any kind of graduation, uh one needs to enroll himself or herself for B.Ed Special Education.

There are various uh, types of uh disabilities and there are various B.Ed programs as per the disabilities.

So like, we have B.Ed Learning Disability, B.Ed Hearing Impairment.

And these programs are recognized by Rehabilitation Council of India, and affiliated to whichever is the university around.

Uh these are 2 years programs.

And what is uh, great about these programs, one, the job market is really ready and pro for these professionals, and secondly, and most importantly, there are, flexible in variety of options.

You can be on your own freelancing, having your own center, or remedial coaching uh, centers, or you can work in a special schools.

And most importantly, you can work in a mainstream school as well.

So this 2 year B.Ed programs equips you to be a teacher for anybody and everybody, with a focus of special school, along with that focus on inclusive education.

So as per the umm, you know, High Court judgment that we all are aware of, that every mainstream school needs to have at least two special educators in the school.

Because if we have inclusive policy and a big number of children with uhh, special needs are going to enter into mainstream schools, are mainstream schools ready for that?

So one of the ways is appointing a special educator, either as a resource person or a class uhh, teacher, or somebody, a consultant, advisor, to tune the school towards inclusion.

And all these options are oper…open for those who do, complete the B.Ed Special Education program.

So I would appeal all the youngsters to look at it as a career option and I would appeal others to spread the word about it.

There’s this such a misconcept that special education is looked at as a charity thing, you know?

“I want to help somebody, poor, disabled, so how can I help?”

So, good, that feeling is good, and there are volunteers which work in the disability sector and they are doing amazing work.

But everybody need not be volunteer.

We can be hardcore rehabilitation professionals.

Like I said, earning good pay packages, having satisfying career experiences, and many many avenues globally for higher education, and career development.