and other drugs. Clause 6.8. In addition, the Government of India will constitute a ‘Gender-Inclusion Fund’ to build the nation 35 ’s capacity to provide equitable quality education for all girls as well as transgender students. The fund will be available to States to implement priorities determined by the Central government critical for assisting female and transgender children in gaining access to education (such as the provisions of sanitation and toilets, bicycles, conditional cash transfers, etc.); funds will also enable States to support and scale effective community-based interventions that address local context specific barriers to female and transgender children’s access to and participation in education. Similar ‘Inclusion Fund’ schemes shall also be developed to address analogous access issues for other SEDGs. In essence, this Policy aims to eliminate any remaining disparity in access to education (including vocational education) for children from any gender or other socio-economically disadvantaged group. Clause 6.14. The awareness and knowledge of how to teach children with specific disabilities (including learning disabilities) will be an integral part of all teacher education programmes, along with gender sensitization and sensitization towards all underrepresented groups in order to reverse their underrepresentation. 36 37 Clause 6.20. Students will be sensitized through this new school culture, brought in by teachers, trained social workers and counsellors as well as through corresponding changes to bring in an inclusive school curriculum. The school curriculum will include, early on, material on human values such as respect for all persons, empathy, tolerance, human rights, gender equality, non-violence, global citizenship, inclusion, 61 and equity. It would also include more detailed knowledge of various cultures, religions, languages, gender identities, etc. to sensitize and develop respect for diversity. Any biases and stereotypes in school curriculum will be removed, and more material will be included that is relevant and relatable to all communities. 38 Steps to be taken by Governments (a) Earmark suitable Government funds for the education of SEDGs (b) Set clear targets for higher GER for SEDGs (c) Enhance gender balance in admissions to HEIs (d) Enhance access by establishing more high-quality HEIs in aspirational districts and Special Education Zones containing larger numbers of SEDGs (e) Develop and support high-quality HEIs that teach in local/Indian languages or bilingually (f) Provide more financial assistance and scholarships to SEDGs in both public and private HEIs (g) Conduct outreach programmes on higher education opportunities and scholarships among SEDGs (h) Develop and support technology tools for better participation and learning outcomes. 39 The field of diplomacy has remained ‘by men’ and ‘for men’. Currently, there are 176 women IFS officers out of a total of 815. Indian Foreign Services has only sanctioned 850 posts as opposed to 6500 IAS and 4843 IPS post.