Specialized method of education
The primary focus of this special type of education is to provide support and learning techniques to the individual. Children are properly educated in the most learning-conducive environment to help them discover their in-depth skills and abilities hidden behind the disabilities they might have.
But not everyone can employ this educational service. As such, before the person can avail of it, different levels of evaluations must take place. The processes can vary, though the primary stages include referral, parental consent, child evaluation and review and recommendation of appropriate institutionalized methods.
An afterthought…
In today’s society there are more than 6 million children and youth estimated to be suffering from disabilities, and the demand for special education has grown by leaps and bounds. By properly dealing with the issues and problems concerned and finding solutions, special education can give them the chance to stand up and be on equal footing with their peers, drawing out their true potentials as key movers and prime contributors to society regardless of their physical and mental difficulties.
The matter is not one that can be put to rest so easily, however. While replacing its spokesperson, the organization needs to be able to answer some questions. Is it going to ignore the demands of a majority of parents and students for a teacher assessment program in order to defend teachers’ working environment and official treatment? Does the value of action that can largely be characterized as being that of an interest group come before the organization’s value as a promoter of “true” (“cham”) education? Does it think it can stand up to the administration’s “anti-educational” education policies while ignoring students and parents?
The election for Seoul superintendent of education turned into a fight between the candidate supported by the union and the candidate(s) who oppose it. One of the biggest differences of opinion was over teacher assessment. The result was that the anti-Jeon Gyo Jo candidate known as the “little Lee Myung-bak” won despite the fact that President Lee Myung-bak’s approval ratings were around a mere 20 percent. The organization has long fought for the democratization of Korean education, but it lost a good opportunity to resist the market-oriented policies that destroy the public serving nature of education.
It was not because of its organizational strength that the union was able to play a leadership role during the years of the democracy movement. Rather, it was because students and teachers lent their strength to the ideals of cham education.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Fazaia College of Education and Teachers’ Training for Women, Shahbaz said that the country could not progress without promoting education, particularly primary education.
Resources: The CM said that Pakistan was not utilising all its resources properly, which is why the country was lagging behind developed nations. He said that during his visits to remote areas, he had found that many educational institutions did not even have basic facilities, such as electricity, fans and furniture.
Shahbaz said that students of Aitchison and grammar schools had access to modern facilities, including the Internet, but the students of Kasur, Rajanpur, Bhakkar, Layyah and other remote areas did not. He stressed the need to remove this disparity. He said that well-educated teachers could play a vital role in this regard.
Model schools: The CM said that 288 model schools were being set up at the tehsil level under a Rs 5 billion project. He said these schools would have all basic facilities, including computers, access to the Internet, an e-library and hostels. He said that billions were being spent to provide computers to more than 4,000 schools in Punjab. He said the government had set up a Rs 1 billion fund to bear the expenses for the graduate studies of all position holders, in the country or abroad.
