Launch of PRASHAST 2.0 Disability Screening Tool
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What Happened
Why It Matters
Background
History & Context
What Changed
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Data Ecosystem: BEFORE, PRASHAST functioned largely as a standalone app generating isolated school-level reports for Samagra Shiksha authorities. NOW, PRASHAST 2.0 integrates with the UDISE+ database, linking a student's screening data directly to their national educational profile.
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Student Tracking: BEFORE, there was a high risk of students falling through the cracks between school-level screening and formal medical certification. NOW, the tool includes systematic tracking, ensuring local authorities can monitor whether flagged students have received their mandatory medical board evaluations.
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Resource Allocation Analytics: BEFORE, data was primarily used to flag individual students. NOW, aggregated district-level data allows administrators to dynamically allocate special educators, barrier-free infrastructure, and specific pedagogical tools to schools with higher concentrations of CwSN.
Prelims Angle
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Practice Questions
Q1
Correct Statement(s)Consider the following statements regarding the PRASHAST 2.0 Disability Screening Tool: 1. It facilitates the screening of school children for the 21 disability conditions recognized under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016. 2. It functions as a definitive diagnostic medical tool capable of automatically issuing legally valid disability certificates to students. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?