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‘Implementation of inclusive education system must’
TAWSEEF AHMAD
Srinagar: Hope disability centre and Handicap International (HI) in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Thursday organized a day-long workshop in which the speakers emphasized for the need to make “inclusive education system” for children with special needs must.
The workshop was titled, “Towards Better Perspective on Integration of Children with Disabilities in Mainstream Education.”
They said that there is need to ensure quality education for the children with disabilities in the inclusive setting.
“The learning has to take place according to the pace of the child for which understanding the special needs is a prerequisite,” said Muhammad Yaqoob a school teacher.
The speakers on the occasion said: “Despite the guidelines, the achievement of the quality education for the children with disabilities is not anywhere near to the expectations.”
“Each child is a unique entity with special needs that need to be taken care of,” said Javid Ahmad, another teacher while speaking on the occasion.
The speakers also expressed concern over the physical and the psycho-social barriers.
“The narrow doorways, stairs, thresholds, inaccessible toilets, inappropriate height of the desks, ridiculing, neglecting, bullying are becoming a major deterrent for the people with the disabilities to face the challenges,” said Muhammad Tahir a school teacher.
Senior Consultant, National Centre for Disability Studies – IGNOU, Dr. Himanshu Das said: “It is irony that state government has failed to utilize the funds for inclusive programs for more than 10 years. They failed to understand the project and as a result funds got lapsed.”
He said the idea behind the worship is to bring grass root level recommendations and suggestions for better implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to reduce seclusion of children with disability.
He also said that all the stakeholders have a role to highlight issues of disabled people and in educating the communities on how to change society’s perceptions and develop a society which is equal for all
Speaking on the occasion, Commissioner Secretary, School Education, F A Faktoo said: “It does world of good to the kids with disabilities when they are allowed to study and play with normal kids.”
“We have to imbibe confidence in them. Every concerned organization has mandate to be in the process”.
It is estimated that there is approximately two percent of the population which is disabled in the state although there are no real reliable statistics to verify this.
However, Director School Education, Muhammad Shafi Rather, said, “The number of disabled is much more than what is declared officially”.
He said: “It is the duty of civil society, NGOs and other stake holders to ensure inclusive education system”.
The participants at workshop said the “inclusive education system” should not be restricted to government schools only but guidelines should be implemented in private institutions too.
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‘Implementation of inclusive education system must’
TAWSEEF AHMAD
Srinagar: Hope disability centre and Handicap International (HI) in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Thursday organized a day-long workshop in which the speakers emphasized for the need to make “inclusive education system” for children with special needs must.
The workshop was titled, “Towards Better Perspective on Integration of Children with Disabilities in Mainstream Education.”
They said that there is need to ensure quality education for the children with disabilities in the inclusive setting.
“The learning has to take place according to the pace of the child for which understanding the special needs is a prerequisite,” said Muhammad Yaqoob a school teacher.
The speakers on the occasion said: “Despite the guidelines, the achievement of the quality education for the children with disabilities is not anywhere near to the expectations.”
“Each child is a unique entity with special needs that need to be taken care of,” said Javid Ahmad, another teacher while speaking on the occasion.
The speakers also expressed concern over the physical and the psycho-social barriers.
“The narrow doorways, stairs, thresholds, inaccessible toilets, inappropriate height of the desks, ridiculing, neglecting, bullying are becoming a major deterrent for the people with the disabilities to face the challenges,” said Muhammad Tahir a school teacher.
Senior Consultant, National Centre for Disability Studies – IGNOU, Dr. Himanshu Das said: “It is irony that state government has failed to utilize the funds for inclusive programs for more than 10 years. They failed to understand the project and as a result funds got lapsed.”
He said the idea behind the worship is to bring grass root level recommendations and suggestions for better implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to reduce seclusion of children with disability.
He also said that all the stakeholders have a role to highlight issues of disabled people and in educating the communities on how to change society’s perceptions and develop a society which is equal for all
Speaking on the occasion, Commissioner Secretary, School Education, F A Faktoo said: “It does world of good to the kids with disabilities when they are allowed to study and play with normal kids.”
“We have to imbibe confidence in them. Every concerned organization has mandate to be in the process”.
It is estimated that there is approximately two percent of the population which is disabled in the state although there are no real reliable statistics to verify this.
However, Director School Education, Muhammad Shafi Rather, said, “The number of disabled is much more than what is declared officially”.
He said: “It is the duty of civil society, NGOs and other stake holders to ensure inclusive education system”.
The participants at workshop said the “inclusive education system” should not be restricted to government schools only but guidelines should be implemented in private institutions too.
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