hello all Even I agree with pankaj that no point forcing child in closed . Regarding schools in delhi i do agree there are good schools but again problem that few good schools are localised. the concept of mainstream should not become localised . For a mother like me it shall not become possible for her to allow his small kid to ride 50 kms one way to attend school . not possible . I donot deny that there are not some good mainstream schools which are admitting the kids but localised . what about a mother like me who stays in ghaziabad , muradabad or meerut because I know few mothers who have same problem ,it is not question of getting admission of one kid or for my son, ( although he goes to good mainstrem school ) but matter of all those kids who are facing problem in getting admission in mainstrem and if they some how get admission whether than the school is fulfiling their needs is a big question in itself .
May be few must be realising that we have to compromise at some things but my question here again shall be why compromises on this issue . What about a parent like me who is working ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, shall I have to quit my job accompanying my son to school .. which most of the parents are doing ?????????????// When we are working on inclusive educations ...main stream education than why compromises ????????? My son goes to so called good English medium mainstrem school , and is doing good but I feel that it is only environment that is what he is getting from school . The school is not equipped to ful fil his requirements . . There are no adequate facilities for VI kids . School does not have special eduucator i am providing the school educator to make you know space for my kid but thats okkkkkkkkkkk as long as we can afford financially but what about other parents ????????? . I know here i am compromising again with one thing or other but really could not find any solution . living in ghaziabad for me is blessing in disguise. Thats is why i said that we have big big laws for inclusive education but either they are localised or on papers only no body bothers to do the inspections whether the same has been followed or not ........ I am sorry if consciously or unconsciously i am hurting any bodys sentiments but this is fact ---------------- that we have laws on papers only no one checks their execution .. On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Pankaj Kwatra <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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