bridging the gap between special and general schools
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Special schools that have been set up in the past, for them provisions have been made for integrated education.TRANSCRIPT
Bridging the Gap between Special and General Schools
Special schools that have been set up in the past, for them provisions have been
made for integrated education. Children studying in these schools who are afflicted
with hearing impairment, visual impairment and locomotors disabilities are asked to
follow a specialized curriculum that can meet their specific educational needs. At
the same time efforts are being made to put it in line with the general education
curriculum, so that in future, those children who are migrated to mainstream
schools are able to adapt well.
Over the time, there has been change in the school of thought and growing
awareness with which people have realized that instead of working outside the
mainstream classrooms, the special schools can work with, and provide support to,
regular schools. The education of disabled people in India has been recognized as
an integral part of the educational system; therefore, the policies and programs
adopted in recent years have been in accordance with this belief. However, more
developmental changes are required to make special and general education come
closer.
Inclusive Schools Can Bring Difference
Special schools and educators are like guiding lights that have helped disabled
persons to break out into the world and embark on the path of self-realization and
self-expression. With the change in time, it is hoped that inclusive schools will
trigger off the process that will help disabled persons merge into mainstream life
and empower them to be integral part of it.
Inclusive education must be sighted as a rational step towards evolution of special
education for persons with disability. On the contrary, special schools and special
educators should try to strengthen the inclusion efforts by helping mainstream
schools in addressing the special needs and challenges posed by the presence of
disabled children. This could be the most positive development that will bridge gap
between special children and others. This will be to a win -win situation for all.
Some the known organizations of India - National Association for the Blind, Action
for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI, formerly Spastic Society of Northern
India), Vidya Sagar and few others have reorganized their set ups and are
aggressively working for the same. They have realigned themselves with
mainstream schools, helping them with inputs like training of teachers, provision of
learning material, curriculum adaptation, support in the classroom, evaluation
process, development of teaching aids, etc. This emerging partnership appears to
be heading in the right direction and promises a great deal of changes.
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