Now let us come to academics. The special schools gives the conceptual clarity about many things regarding the scientific concepts and geographical processes Through touch models. In the later stages when child goes to normal school he can grab that subject easily . if the teachers of normal schools does not know how to teach the particular subject or how to handle particular situation with disabled student then that student can himself guide the teacher please explain me like this.
Let me give my own example. In last year of BA I took economics as my subject so the HOD of eco dept. was not ready to give that subject, because she was thinking that how will deal graphs. Then I told her about the plastic paper and she was ready to give that subject.
If the special schools are the institution of isolation then what about the girls special schools or boys special schools. Then they should also be considered as isolation institution.
As far as the argument that says that if the disabled child is not admitted to normal schools then the school students looses the opportunity to mix with disabled. This argument looks very Kiddush and bookish too.
I am not saying that the whole education should be taken in the special school, but I am saying that till 7th standard the special schools are necessary. After that the disabled student and the normal students also becomes mature enough to understand each other's problems. And teachers of secondary schools are of comparatively older, so they handle disabled student very well.
In conclusion of this mail I can say that every person needs some special environment to nurture his potentials. If one has to learn cricket then he has to go to cricket special academy, he cannot learn cricket by going to foot ball academy. So where there is a different need then there has to be different institutions.
zoher kheriwala taheri menswear mumbai. skype id zoher.kheriwala----- Original Message ----- From: "Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Satyamev jayte: don't we require special schools anymore?
To me, an inclusive school would mean the one that is well equipped with basic facilities to support disabled students. A school that admits disabled students without considering his basic needs to learn cannot be called as an inclusive school. Also, there's no magic stick invented so far that can convert all regular schools into inclusive schools in a flash, there's a lot of ground work required. This show is just a baby step towards sensitising the society about inclusive education. An inclusive school should be able to fulfill all learning needs of the disabled and there would not be a need for special school. Special schools are one of the methods of isolating disabled folks from the mainstream. As someone rightly said on the show - by not admitting disabled students to the main stream school, not only do disabled students miss an opportunity to be part of main stream but the able bodied students also miss an opportunity to interact, play and learn with their disabled counterparts. Special schools may be good for pampering the disabled but may not be the right tool to build up and shape a personality. The process of inclusion has to begin even before a child starts going to school to make him comfortable about himself and divise his own tricks to overcome disability and adapt to the society with courage and confidence, this cannot be done after the child goes to a special school for several years as his mind preoccupies itself to limited activities and may also develop a negative picture of the society. Sending a disabled child to a special school for primary education is like isolating the child from the mainstream for inclusion at a later stage. Subjects like Maths, Science and Geography are tough for not only the challenged but for most of them. A lot depends on the methodology of teaching, the students' grasping ability, availability of learning aids and the overall learning environment. Let me tell you my own example when I was in the first year of my Commerce graduation. Commerce folks are aware that Mathematics is an optional subject in junior college but a compulsory one in the first year of graduation. The first year of graduation becomes a nightmare for people who opt for Secretarial Practice (SP) in junior college. The same was the case with two of my sighted friends in college but not for me as I loved Mathematics and had done my junior college with Science. Majority of the topics were known to me and I used to solve the problems before our coaching class faculty would do it for the class. In fact, there were situations when she was stuck at points where I had the solution. These 2 friends asked me if I can help them learn the subject and I agreed. Everyday, after class we 3 gathered at my home and solved home assignments and additional problems marked for the next day. Would this have happened if I were a special school student? I am never comfortable with challenged people learning Mathematics of a lower class in the 10th class. If we think of a social inclusion of challenged then why such discrimination. Also, I see a whole lot of disabled folks and NGOs advising disabled to remain in comfort zones. Why can't visually challenged people take up Commerce or Science after school? All these questions can be answered by sensitising and educating the society about disability and the fact that education is as much important for a disabled as much as their able bodied counterparts. And we need to take concrete steps in this direction rather than waiting for a magician. Friends, I have always remained in an inclusive environment and firmly believe that it has helped me be whatever and wherever I am today. And let me tell you that I belong to a family with no luxuries - my parents and grandparents have struggled a lot and have seen days of nothing more than 2 meals a day. They did not have social contacts or political influences. The only thing they had is courage, passion and unshakable moral values. Its not true that only rich can afford raising disabled children and include them in the mainstream, all who accept their disabled children wholeheartedly and believe in themselves and their offspring can do it. And I don't think any special school extends its facilities to disabled students' at home, do they? And if an inclusive school provides facilities as special schools to their student then why would we need special schools? Let's think of inclusion from day 1 of a disabled child's life and not at a later stage. On 6/11/12, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote:Dear Zoher I can say that yesterday Amir merely scratched the surface about various issues confronting disability. Perhaps, it was the best he could do on that platform. Coming to special schools, I can take amir's and disability sectors' assertions about sending disabled kids to mainstream schools right from beginning only with a grain of salt.As rightly pointed out by you, there are a host of issues to be taken careof about the education of the disabled, particularly sensorily disabled.So, it is a good idea to have special schools till priamary level, and thenintegrate children with disabilities n mainstream schools by rendering necessary support and properly training/sensitizing mainstream teachers. regarding argument that most special schools do not do justice and aremalfunctioning, the same is the state of majority of mainstream schools and government policies are squarely responsible for the mess in which specialschools find themselves in.So, the argument for doing away with special schools does not seem valid tome. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of zoher Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] Satyamev jayte: don't we require special schools any more? Dear friends, Yesterday's program has importantly raised the issue of integrated education. Here it comes to my mind is, now onwards will we not require special schools for disabled?My take on this issue is nothing can replace the need for special schools.Following arguments can support my take.1. Every disabled child does not comes from the rich family, so he can have all the facility of assistive technology in his house. Because normalschools cannot provide with all the facilities. 2. As show also pointed out that some of the parents are not accepttheir disabled child. So it is necessary to have the special schools so that Childs parents get proper counseling to accept their child. I don't think soany normal school can do so.3. Many of the disabled children's are over protected by their parents or many of them are overlooked by their parents. In both the case the childbecomes introward, if in this situation he is put to sited school then he will not be able to cope with the situation.4. A disabled child needs to have some special tools to face the real world, such as communication skills, presenting oneself with confidence even with disability, or handling the subjects like math's science and geography he needs to have a special education. Now just imagine in India schools arenot comfortable for normal students how they are going to accommodate disabled student? Here I mean that at list special schools are necessary till 5th or 7th standard. Then the person is prepared to face the normal schools.According to me, even giving entire education is in the special environmentis also not viable, as finally one has to live in the integrated society. To get our right place in the society the first thing is that a disabled should respect other disabled person. In yesterdays show there was oneperson who was in my school and in college also. When I was talking to him, his mother came to me and told that keep away from my son, if he lives withdisabled peoples then he will develop an inferiority complex. Members please carry this thread for more discussion, so we can have enlightenment on this issue. zoher kheriwala taheri menswear mumbai. skype id zoher.kheriwala 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, pleasevisit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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