Hello All, Just go for school which encourages VI ,no point forcing child in closed minded school management.
Rgds Pankaj -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amit Bhatt Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] main stream Mrs. Bhatt, I understand from your feelings that you had a bad experience while getting your child admit in to a Mainstream School. Like almost every aspect of our life, we may confront difficulty in the mainstream schools too, however, I would not deny the fact that there are many good schools where the Visually Impaired students do get admissions and are well nurtured by the teachers. I did my schooling from mainstream School and completed 12th in 2001 from Delhi. But never got such complain from my School side. If you are in Delhi, there are plenty of Schools. In case you are looking for a good school in Delhi for your Son and still facing challenges, do let me know. we will try to refer you some Schools in Deli. Regards, Amit Bhatt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anjina Bhat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:10 PM Subject: [AI] main stream Hi again to all of you . This is anjina Mother of visually handi cap mother . This is burning topic and i can very well imagine how bad and emabarrassing it is for a mother whose child is being thrown away from Main stream school I believe that every child has a gift and every child has disability if we compensate gift with disability we can take best out from them ? but who cares ? we have big big laws but they are on papers , who inspects whether they have been followed or not / I believe that it had become mandatory for schools to keep special educator but who sees that whether that has been followed or not ,,,,,,,,,,,, you will see few schools where the special educators are hired rest no one cares I am sorry if i am hurting any body sentiments but there are many organisations who are fighting for this but on practical grounds no body is fighting for cause . We have big big laws but on papers social sensitisation is not there .with threat of law you shall get admission for your child but who sees how he is being treated there because when social sensitation is not there nothing can be done ........... Lot of funds goes to special schools but if you see their infra structure it is pathetic .... I have a very sorry figure for this .. But as a parent i shall request each parent to please stand up and fight back , donot stop here donot get disturbed by this . all children are god gifted and if god has not drawn any line who are we to draw . please stand up and fight back . lets show that every thing is possible we can show miracles with our child . every child is special . lets sensitise this so called bad world I want to share my example where that i have also struggled lot for my admission of my son and one so called big school called my name out of 400 parents during interview that the school is inadequate for admitting my son . but there answer never disturbed me nor moved or shaken my confidence , I replied ...... if you are inadequate that is your problem not mine i think you need another 10 yrs to reach my sons level................ so please have confidence dont worry find solutions . Mothers can move the world , it was thomas Elva edison's mother"s guts who taught his son at home and made him big scientist with whose light whole world is lighten so be brave lets togetherly fight this cause On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Vaishnavi Jayakumar <[email protected]> wrote: > dnaindia.com > http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_kids-with-disabilities-dont-nee d-no-special-education_1578003 > Published: Sunday, Aug 21, 2011 By *Anu > Prabhakar<http://www.dnaindia.com/authors/anu-prabhakar> > * | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA > Kids with disabilities don't need no special education > > In 2004, Latika Sargar's dream for her eldest son seemed to fall apart. > Sachin, who has mild mental retardation, was thrown out of a government > school for repeating a class thrice. > > "They asked me to take him to a special school at a far off place in > Malad," > says Sargar, who lives in a one-room shack in Andheri. "I could not take > him > there." > > Sachin has two younger siblings. "My husband told me we must educate them, > and could not afford to educate Sachin," recalls Sargar. They decided to > keep the child at home. For three years, Sachin's main tasks involved > taking > care of his siblings, helping out with the household chores or simply > walking on the streets with hands buried in his pockets, smiling at no one > in particular. "I felt very sad. My younger children were studying well > and > it was my dream to send Sachin to a school, too. But I did not have a > choice," says Sargar. > > *It's a birthright > *Sayali Masurkar came to Sachin's rescue. Married with kids, she admits > there were certain hiccups at home regarding her job as a social worker. > "But I was sure I wanted to do only this," says Masurkar. The Persons with > Disabilities Act was passed in 1995 (with an aim to ensure that children > with disabilities have access to free education in an appropriate > environment till 18 years of age). Masurkar was one of the first few > people > to get a copy of the Act in 1996, even before it was circulated to > schools. > She took copies of it and went to schools that denied a child admission to > argue the cases. > > She came to know about Sachin's case in March 2008 and helped him get an > admission in a mainstream school within three months. "It is possible to > educate a child with mild disabilities in mainstream schools, where they > belong," asserts Masurkar. "Only then can they can be integrated into > mainstream society." > > *Concept on paper > *Inclusive education - where the whole environment of a mainstream school > is > attuned to the needs of a child with any kind of a disability and every > one > is made aware of his/her special requirements - is not a new concept. The > 1995 Disabilities Act calls for access to free education in an appropriate > environment, which could also mean a mainstream school. Translating the > idea > into action called for years of hard work. Even if children did make it to > schools, the focus lay on curbing the dropout rate. > > It is the children in rural India who suffer the most due to lack of > awareness about inclusive education. Rajendra K R, regional representative > of Leonard Cheshire Disability International South Asia Regional Office > (based in Bangalore) argues that most parents, teachers and education > departmental heads are not even very aware of the Act and its provisions. > "Children with disabilities in rural India do not even have the disability > identity card. How can we except the government to ensure that the > provisions of the Act are made accessible to people?" asks Rajendra. He > insists that "the current educational system is not equipped to deal with > the issues of children with disabilities." The reasons: children with > learning disabilities being out of school or dropping out, inefficient > teachers, a lack of trained human resources in government institutions and > an evaluation or monitoring system that is not disabled-friendly. > > *Making it possible > *Sukanya Venkataraman is the Principal of Swami Brahmanand Pratishthan > Centre for Special children in Belapur. "I think only 1 per cent of > schools > in Mumbai actually follow inclusive education. I remember an autistic > child > who came to me once after being denied admission in a mainstream school. > He > was talking to me about water preservation and how he would devise a way > for > it!" > > Education specialists have been sceptical over the success of the Sarva > Shiksha Abhiyan (a programme that aimed to achieve the goal of > universalisation of elementary education of satisfactory quality by 2010). > However, Sudhir Khochare, Coordinator, SSA, insists that an overwhelming > majority of children go to schools now. "There may be exceptions, but 90 > per > cent of children in Mumbai go to school." Venkatesh Malur, education > specialist, UNICEF, too, agrees that the number of children in enrolling > in > mainstream schools have gone up in the past five years. "School toilets > are > more spacious, there are railings for support in schools, for children > with > special needs," he explains. > > Sherly Abraham, National Coordinator, Leonard Cheshire Disability, > however, > feels otherwise. "Accessibility is one area that we have scope for > improvement. Schools are admitting more children with special needs, but > they often don't have the right infrastructure in place. The government > should take the initiative to implement these at least in municipal > schools. > Other schools will then follow." > > *Case study > How a school made it click* > Beacon High School in Khar, Mumbai, has eight to 10 special educators and > admits students with all kinds of disabilities - except the profoundly > challenged. "Children with special needs are seated in a class according > to > their age. They sit in the same class as others and take part in the same > extra curricular activities," says KS Jamali, principal. > > "We have children who are slow learners and autistic. We even had a > wheelchair-bound child, who had cerebral palsy," she adds. > > Jamali feels that more schools must open up to the idea. "Schools use the > excuse that they don't have the infrastructure to start admitting such > children in their school. But what do I have? I don't even have a ramp!" > Each special needs child is put on a syllabus that is specifically > designed > by a special educator, explains Rukshan Vakil, psychologist at the school. > Depending on the severity of their disability, they are also given > one-on-one classes." > > Basti, in UP, is known to be an educationally backward district. But > Shikshit Yuva Sewa Samiti, a charitable trust, has been working towards > making physically and mentally challenged population literate. "Many kids > with special needs enroll in mainstream schools," explains Gopal Krishna > Agarwal, Director, SYSS. He, however, admits that in terms of quality > services, they still have a long way to go as schools still do not offer > proper facilities to retain them. > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n > > -- Anjina Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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