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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Dhananjay Bhole,
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the NCTE documents. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: disability-studies-india disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; jnuvision jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:04 PM Subject: 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
We should request them that they should rectify the term. Because there are several differences between these 2 terms. Some time the meaning gos contradictory. Regards On 4/16/15, KALPANA KHARADE kkhar...@gmail.com wrote: Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the NCTE documents. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: disability-studies-india disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; jnuvision jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:04 PM Subject: 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
NCTE has not at all used the term special education. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session We should request them that they should rectify the term. Because there are several differences between these 2 terms. Some time the meaning gos contradictory. Regards On 4/16/15, KALPANA KHARADE kkhar...@gmail.com wrote: Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the NCTE documents. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: disability-studies-india disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; jnuvision jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:04 PM Subject: 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
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
Friends, I too was the member of B.Ed. syllabus revision committee and actively involved in preparing the syllabus for inclusive education for Mumbai University. In Mumbai university it is going to be a compulsory paper and it is named as Creating Inclusive class-rooms. We will focus mainly along with other things on the strategies for creating inclusive environment in schools and class-rooms. But doing this we will also broaden the scope of inclusion not delimiting it only to children with special educational needs but inclusive of even socially and economically disadvantaged children. - Original Message - From: Ritesh Tomer riteshto...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session They have provided only the structure of two year programme and the included courses so far. We will be having a joint colleges meeting in the department on 16th of this month where different committees will be constituted for preparing course content. I will update you as soon as I would get information about it. On 4/14/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads? On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer riteshto...@gmail.com wrote: Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of education D.U. I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good teachers in the nation. As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second year of the programme. On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor dl.vi...@gmail.com wrote: And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed curriculum at this moment. - Original Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in; 'disability-studies-india' disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; 'jnuvision' jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from upcoming academic session This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than never! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session 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#.VSzD3VS6b IU 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
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than never! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session 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#.VSzD3VS6b IU 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin dia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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
[AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of education D.U. I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good teachers in the nation. As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second year of the programme. On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor dl.vi...@gmail.com wrote: And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed curriculum at this moment. - Original Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in; 'disability-studies-india' disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; 'jnuvision' jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from upcoming academic session This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than never! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session 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#.VSzD3VS6b IU 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
They have provided only the structure of two year programme and the included courses so far. We will be having a joint colleges meeting in the department on 16th of this month where different committees will be constituted for preparing course content. I will update you as soon as I would get information about it. On 4/14/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads? On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer riteshto...@gmail.com wrote: Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of education D.U. I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good teachers in the nation. As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second year of the programme. On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor dl.vi...@gmail.com wrote: And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed curriculum at this moment. - Original Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in; 'disability-studies-india' disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; 'jnuvision' jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from upcoming academic session This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than never! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session 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#.VSzD3VS6b IU 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
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads? On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer riteshto...@gmail.com wrote: Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of education D.U. I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good teachers in the nation. As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second year of the programme. On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor dl.vi...@gmail.com wrote: And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed curriculum at this moment. - Original Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in; 'disability-studies-india' disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; 'jnuvision' jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from upcoming academic session This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than never! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session 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#.VSzD3VS6b IU 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
Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session
And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed curriculum at this moment. - Original Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in; 'disability-studies-india' disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com; 'jnuvision' jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from upcoming academic session This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than never! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session 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#.VSzD3VS6b IU 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin dia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any
