I think in this context, special education means special teaching techniques
which can be adopted while teaching the children with special needs - blind,
deaf, mentally retarded etc.
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Subject: [Bulk] Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from
upcoming academic session
Dear all,
I couldn't understand why government is focusing on special education.
We need to work on inclusive education and create inclusive
environment in the premises of academic institutions. UGC had also
continued teacher preparation for special education (TPSE) scheme
since IXth 5 year education plan. We need inclusive set up than
special education. That will actually be helpful in mainstreaming
persons with disabilities. I totally agree with Dr. Kalpana madam and
apriciate initiative taken by Mumbai university for introducing
inclusive classroom.
We should inform them that they should make compulsory "inclusive
education" course in B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs. They should not use
word special education. Special schools will be closed soon.
Regards
On 4/14/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote:
So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6bIU
BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY
New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.
The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.
The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.
"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.
While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.
Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.
The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.
According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.
Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.
The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.
Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
situation was "changing gradually".
"Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."
The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
information and communications technology and gender studies.
--
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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