Wholly agree on that sir Dr Sharad Philip
> On 21-Dec-2018, at 7:30 AM, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: > > It is disappointing that the Govt. and most rehab professionals view people > with disability as persons with special needs. Time we pushed for a change > on the definition of who makes for a child going to school and then redesign > education etc. to meet the demands of the revised design. As it is the > education meted out to the average Indian is not doing justice to the > potential to the talent that exists. Not only persons with disability but > most persons emerging from our education system are not employable. This is > my view and can be debated! > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Kanchan Pamnani > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2018 12:15 PM > To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled.' > Cc: 'Rama Chari'; 'Rati Misra' > Subject: [AI] Education > > Schools' rejection of students with special needs is common: Mental health > experts - Times of India > > Sep 5, 2018, > > MUMBAI: As the parents of a class VIII boy diagnosed with attention deficit > hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) fight out his suspension with The Cathedral & > John Connon School in the Bombay high court, the focus is back on the > inclusion of children with special needs or the lack of it in city schools. > Activists feel schools still refuse to open their doors to students with > special needs. "Inclusion does not mean just admitting a child in school, > but also making sure the child is comfortable in the environment and learns > to the best of one's ability. The onus lies on the school to make sure that > the child is socially accepted by counselling the peers and their parents," > said Rekha Vijaykar, director of the NGO ADAPT - Able Disabled All People > Together. While the Right to Education Act 2009 vouches for inclusion, the > Persons with Disability Act 2016 outlines responsibilities of educational > institutes to promote and facilitate inclusive education. The Act requires > schools to admit students without discrimination and provide infrastructure > and academic support like suitable pedagogical methods and other measures to > ensure academic and social participation and development. Mental health > professionals say they often encounter cases where such students are asked > to leave school. "Many elite schools are known to force students with ADHD, > autism or learning disabilities to drop out. Since the law of the land, > including RTE Act and Persons with Disability Act, does not allow them to > cancel their admission, they threaten parents with consequences and ask them > to instead take the leaving certificate. Violation of child rights is > rampant in city schools," said psychiatrist Dr Harish Shetty. Vijaykar > agrees that rejection of students with special needs is common and it's > detrimental to a child's progress. "A student with ADHD was asked to leave > his school in Khar and was out of class for nearly two years until he joined > us. His academic progress has been affected since then," she said. But > schools put the onus on parents. "Schools have a handful of counsellors or > sometimes just one for hundreds of students. In spite of that, when we make > an effort to help the child and ask the parents for a clinical diagnosis, > they are in denial. This makes it difficult for us to help the children in a > classroom setting. We also have to consider the safety and progress of other > students," said a school counsellor. Some believe that schools and parents > must put the child's best interest at the fore. "The casualty in a fight > between the school and parents is the child. School counsellors are trained > to identify ADHD; they must bring parents on board. Schools need to give > parents the time to process the information and parents come around once > they feel there are no repercussions for the child to get tested. 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