The discussion is turning out to be very fruitful, so I would like to share my experience in this regard. I feel that a visually impaired student should study in a blind school only till elementary level. In this time, he should be taught all the basic lifeskills necessary for social purpose. After that, he should be integrated in a school to study with sighted children. However, he should also take help from the teachers of the blind school. I studied my prep from NAB Delhi and then was integrated in a school from grade 1. My school was really amazing in terms of inclusive education. I took part in all the events with sighted children. I won't say that I faced no problem, but the ones which I faced were very minor. The problem which I encountered sometimes was of a child trying to bully me. However, due to strict action by the teachers it did not occur too much. In most of the cases, the teachers held discussion with the child's parents and then the parents made the child understand. The children then use to come and apologise to me. I went for all picnics, and I was never told by my teachers not to join. I myself refused to go for some movie outings. The experience which I got from inclusive education is incredible. In the evening I also took tuition at NAB. In class xii, I was also made the editor of Hindi editorial board in my school. The idea of inclusive education can be a great success if all schools become sensitive and caring. >From NAB Delhi, children are integrated into various schools which include both public and government. My personal experience has been that private schools of Delhi (in most of the cases) have successfully adopted the idea of inclusive education. Even if the teachers over there don't have knowledge about inclusive education, they are always eager to learn and adapt. If the child studies till higher classes in a blind school only, then many traits of his personality may remain under-developed. This has been my personal experience. I have noticed many students who have studied till class xii in a blind school. Many times, they do some actions which are not suitable in society when we have to mix up with sighted people. Often, the reason is that they have studied between blind fellows only, so they don't have proper idea of society. Now about my college: In college as well, the idea of inclusive education is fantastic. I have got lot of good sighted friends, and from them I have learnt things which I otherwise would never have been able to learn. I also went to Jaisalmer for my departmental trip. I enjoyed as much as the sighted students. I also climbed the dangerous steps of various forts like them.
On 7/24/14, Preeti Monga <preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in> wrote: > I agree with you George completely! I think we all need to think and work > with open minds and choose to move forward... instead of just arguing what > is good and what is bad. Let us put our forces together and get inclusive > education into the right prospective and never allow any disabled child/ > person fall out of the mainstream society in the first place! We are > born/created in the inclusive world... then we are consciously excluded... > and then we are asked to ultimately function and fend for ourselves in the > inclusive world! Amazing is it not? > So once again let us work towards a good inclusive education model > together! > Preeti > > Preeti Monga > Director > > > > Mobile: +91 9871701646 > Landline: 011 22781446 > E-mail: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in > Website: www.silver-linings.co.in ; www.silver-linings.org > Our Services: Executive Search - Specializing in Head Hunting. 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There will > be pain to start with but as we go forward with conviction, the systems > will evolve and then move into an rhobust one. The problem today is that > inclusive education is being implemented in a cylo by some experts from the > disability sector. The mainstream by and large have not understood it, > hence there is no conviction and the effort is merely following orders. We > have to work with the HRD ministry, NCERT, State Govt/Boards and bring in a > level of convinction. > > It is easy to be critical of Inclusive Education and dismiss it as not > useful. I am convinced that it will be the best thing to happen for us > blind people but there is a long battle ahead and a huge amount of > research, training and policy level intervention needed > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: 24 July 2014 13:14 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] Insulted by a university teacher, blind attempted suicide > > Dear Sir > > I do not subscribe to the notion that admission in regular schools in > tender age prepares disabled child for facing harsh nitty-gritty in > life in future. In Indian context, most of schools are ill-equipped > and non-receptive towards disabled children. Schools are not only > about imparting bookish knowledge, they are mandated to provide > conducive recreational facilities to disabled children. I presumably > believe blind children do not play cricket, chess, and take > substantial part in other cultural activities. why? because they are > not accomodated in a culture wich is based on non-disabled norms. In > schools specially in villages non-disabled classmates often deride > disabled children by welcoming with derogatory denominations. Who will > make sure it does not happen? when somebody's disability is hated and > scorned in childhood, it certainly puts irremovable scars on the mind > of children which ruins their entire life. If what I have written is > not correct, please provide instances frompractical findings that > blind children are much better and have performed well in comparison > to blind children who study in specialised schools. I know hardly any > research has been undertaken to explore psychological aspect of > inclusive education in India. disabled children dropout from regular > schools in greater proportion NCERT's own study establishes this > fact... This concept of inclusive education has been hastely imported > from west which is unsuitable in our context at least today. > > On 7/24/14, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: >> Consider this Avinash: Once you get out of the education stage of your >> life, you work and live in an inclusive environment. What about the >> humiliation people go through. Inclusion right from early days prepares > one >> to deal with the harsh realities of the World. Having said this, there is > a >> lot of work that needs to be done in terms ground preparation of the >> inclusive education platform. It is inclusive education that also > prepares >> the non disabled population to understand , appreciate and engage with >> disability and people with disability. >> This subject again can debated. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf >> Of avinash shahi >> Sent: 24 July 2014 12:24 >> To: accessindia; jnuvision; sayeverything >> Subject: [AI] Insulted by a university teacher, blind attempted suicide >> >> So what the proponents of Inclusive education say on this? >> Psychological humiliation leaves more scars ,you know. We do not know >> how many of students go through similar experiences in colleges and >> universities? who cares about them? This teacher must be suspended >> forthwith. People in Odisha must take the matter with the concerned >> authorities. Such teachers who are incensitive to the needs of >> disabled students and humiliate them the need to be delth sternly by >> the law enforcing agencies. Do forward this to the people active in >> Odisha. >> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140724/jsp/odisha/story_18646088.jsp >> >> Cry for suspension of Utkal faculty >> OUR CORRESPONDENT >> Bhubaneswar, July 23: Visually challenged students today sat on a >> protest before the disability commissioner's office here demanding >> immediate suspension of the Utkal university faculty Sujit Acharya. >> >> Acharya had allegedly insulted a visually impaired student, who was >> compelled him to attempt suicide. >> >> The students squatted in front of the commissioner's office on the >> premises of Capital Hospital, where the victim Chakradhar Dash is >> admitted since Friday. >> >> Twenty-five-year-old Chakradhar had tried to kill himself after he was >> allegedly humiliated by Acharya in an examination hall on July 17. >> >> Dash, a postgraduate student of history under the directorate of >> distance and continuing education,had gone to the varsity to appear >> for his semester exam. >> >> Chakradhar alleged that the faculty misbehaved with him and made fun >> of him and his scribe before the class asking him to sit near the >> toilet. >> >> Distressed due to the insult, the student had drunk a full bottle of >> phenyl. Friends of the boy, who found him unconscious, rushed him to >> the Capital Hospital where he is undergoing treatment. >> >> The student alleged that he was regularly cornered by the faculty of >> the directorate and had to study without any books or support of the >> teachers. >> >> "We have initiated an inquiry into the matters and will take action >> against anyone found guilty," said director Sasmit Pani directorate of >> distance and continuing education. >> >> Besides suspension of the teacher, the students also demanded the >> proper supply of Braille books and immediate implementation of the >> Braille transcription project announced by the government. >> >> A vigilance inquiry must be made into why schemes such as talking >> books meant to serve hundreds of blinds children has failed to >> deliver, demanded Joginder, a student. >> >> This apart, the students appealed to the state government as to why >> the educational institutions have been continuing collection of fee >> from the disabled, despite the announcement of the government for a >> fee waiver for such candidates. >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> M.Phil Research Scholar >> Centre for The Study of Law and Governance >> Jawaharlal Nehru University >> New Delhi India >> >> >> >> 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. 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