
All students should feel equal, safe and empowered in educational institutions. Gender has diversified itselfglobally. The women’s rights movement is gaining ground, but very little has been achieved in terms of humanrights for the lesbian, gay bisexual, transsexual, and queer students in various schools and colleges of India. By2030, India must achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4.5 (Gender Equality and Inclusion) to eliminategender disparities in education. Educational institutions must promote and practice gender mainstreaming toachieve gender equality. The NEP 2020 defines socially disadvantaged groups based on gender identities as,“particularly female and transgender individuals,” but completely ignores including students from theLGBQIA+ (T already included) community. Do our college colleges provide Social-Emotional-Ethical (SEE)and inclusive learning by teachers and counselors? Accepting and respecting gender diversity is important insustaining a supportive and accepting educational and corporate environment. The researcher surveyedundergraduates from a south Mumbai college, on their knowledge and opinions about understanding andaccepting the LGBT+ students in inclusive classroom interactions. The non-disclosure questionnaire for 200students included items on awareness of gender diversity through media and classroom instructional activities,the need for SEE Learning in the new NEP 2020 Curricula, and their willingness to advocate gender inclusivitythrough SEE Learning. The results show that 87% of students were willing to advocate gender inclusivitythrough SEE Learning activities. A significant 93% of students opined that gender inclusivity courses should bemandatory minor courses in the NEP college curriculum.
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