'Walk for Dyslexia 2025' on Kartavya Path; Rashtrapati Bhavan lit red for Dyslexia Awareness Month
School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Disability Affairs Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal flagged off 'Walk for Dyslexia 2025' on Kartavya Path, New Delhi, on 26 October 2025, as Rashtrapati Bhavan was lit in red for Dyslexia Awareness Month.
Summary
On 26 October 2025, School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal flagged off 'Walk for Dyslexia 2025' on Kartavya Path, New Delhi, as part of the #GoRedforDyslexia campaign for Dyslexia Awareness Month, observed every October. Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Secretariat and other monuments were lit in red. The Secretary highlighted PRASHAST 2.0, a mobile screening app developed by NCERT to help schools identify children with disabilities, including dyslexia, early. As per UDISE+ 2024-25, about 12.15% of Children with Special Needs enrolled in schools have Specific Learning Disabilities.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 26 Oct 2025, Kartavya Path, New Delhi
- Campaign
- #GoRedforDyslexia; Dyslexia Awareness Month (October)
- Flagged off by
- Sanjay Kumar (DoSEL) and Rajesh Aggarwal (DEPwD)
- Screening tool
- PRASHAST 2.0 app, developed by NCERT
- Data
- UDISE+ 2024-25: ~12.15% of CwSN have SLDs
Practice MCQs 2 questions
PRASHAST 2.0, the mobile app used to screen school children for disabilities including dyslexia, was developed by:
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Correct answer: A — NCERT
PIB: PRASHAST 2.0 is a mobile app-based screening tool developed by NCERT.
Dyslexia Awareness Month, marked by the #GoRedforDyslexia campaign, is observed in which month every year?
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Correct answer: C — October
PIB: October is observed as Dyslexia Awareness Month every year.