New Delhi: Over 25 lakh children with special needs are enrolled in schools and another over 2 lakh who have 'profound' special needs are covered under home-based education system, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said under the Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 405 special schools were being run by NGOs in which 52,624 students with disabilities were enrolled in 2014-15.