Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread KALPANA KHARADE

NCTE has not at all used the term special education.
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From: "Dhananjay Bhole" 
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concerningthe disabled." 

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We should request them that they should rectify the term. Because
there are several differences between these 2 terms. Some time the
meaning gos contradictory.

Regards

On 4/16/15, KALPANA KHARADE  wrote:
Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the 
NCTE

documents.
- Original Message -
From: "Dhananjay Bhole" 
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
concerningthe disabled." 
Cc: "disability-studies-india" 
;


"jnuvision" 
Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from
upcoming academic session



Dear all,

I couldn't understand why government is focusing on special education.
We need to work on inclusive education and create inclusive
environment in the premises of academic institutions. UGC had also
continued teacher preparation for special education  (TPSE) scheme
since IXth 5 year  education plan. We need inclusive set up than
special education. That will actually be helpful in mainstreaming
persons with disabilities. I totally agree with Dr. Kalpana madam and
apriciate initiative taken by Mumbai university for introducing
inclusive classroom.
We should inform them that they should make compulsory "inclusive
education" course in B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs. They should not use
word special education. Special schools will be closed soon.

Regards

On 4/14/15, avinash shahi  wrote:

So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6bIU

BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY

New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.

The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.

The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.





















"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.

While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.

Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.

The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.

According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.

Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.

The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.

Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
situation was "changing gradually".

"Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."

The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
infor

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
We should request them that they should rectify the term. Because
there are several differences between these 2 terms. Some time the
meaning gos contradictory.

Regards

On 4/16/15, KALPANA KHARADE  wrote:
> Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the NCTE
> documents.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Dhananjay Bhole" 
> To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
> concerningthe disabled." 
> Cc: "disability-studies-india" ;
>
> "jnuvision" 
> Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from
> upcoming academic session
>
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I couldn't understand why government is focusing on special education.
>> We need to work on inclusive education and create inclusive
>> environment in the premises of academic institutions. UGC had also
>> continued teacher preparation for special education  (TPSE) scheme
>> since IXth 5 year  education plan. We need inclusive set up than
>> special education. That will actually be helpful in mainstreaming
>> persons with disabilities. I totally agree with Dr. Kalpana madam and
>> apriciate initiative taken by Mumbai university for introducing
>> inclusive classroom.
>> We should inform them that they should make compulsory "inclusive
>> education" course in B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs. They should not use
>> word special education. Special schools will be closed soon.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On 4/14/15, avinash shahi  wrote:
>>> So any say?
>>> We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
>>> Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
>>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6bIU
>>>
>>> BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY
>>>
>>> New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
>>> introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
>>> needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.
>>>
>>> The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
>>> nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
>>> and 13 didn't go to school.
>>>
>>> The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
>>> of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
>>> education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
>>> compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
>>> courses.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
>>> teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
>>> papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
>>> Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.
>>>
>>> While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
>>> controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
>>> disabilities.
>>>
>>> Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
>>> courses on special education from one year to two years from the
>>> 2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
>>> NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
>>> a two-year format.
>>>
>>> The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
>>> 17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.
>>>
>>> According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
>>> the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
>>> PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
>>> children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
>>> six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.
>>>
>>> Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
>>> University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
>>> with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
>>> and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
>>> education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.
>>&g

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread KALPANA KHARADE
Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the NCTE 
documents.
- Original Message - 
From: "Dhananjay Bhole" 
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues 
concerningthe disabled." 
Cc: "disability-studies-india" ; 
"jnuvision" 

Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from 
upcoming academic session




Dear all,

I couldn't understand why government is focusing on special education.
We need to work on inclusive education and create inclusive
environment in the premises of academic institutions. UGC had also
continued teacher preparation for special education  (TPSE) scheme
since IXth 5 year  education plan. We need inclusive set up than
special education. That will actually be helpful in mainstreaming
persons with disabilities. I totally agree with Dr. Kalpana madam and
apriciate initiative taken by Mumbai university for introducing
inclusive classroom.
We should inform them that they should make compulsory "inclusive
education" course in B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs. They should not use
word special education. Special schools will be closed soon.

Regards

On 4/14/15, avinash shahi  wrote:

So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6bIU

BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY

New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.

The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.

The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.





















"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.

While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.

Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.

The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.

According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.

Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.

The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.

Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
situation was "changing gradually".

"Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."

The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
information and communications technology and gender studies.



--
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



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Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Dear all,

I couldn't understand why government is focusing on special education.
We need to work on inclusive education and create inclusive
environment in the premises of academic institutions. UGC had also
continued teacher preparation for special education  (TPSE) scheme
since IXth 5 year  education plan. We need inclusive set up than
special education. That will actually be helpful in mainstreaming
persons with disabilities. I totally agree with Dr. Kalpana madam and
apriciate initiative taken by Mumbai university for introducing
inclusive classroom.
We should inform them that they should make compulsory "inclusive
education" course in B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs. They should not use
word special education. Special schools will be closed soon.

Regards

On 4/14/15, avinash shahi  wrote:
> So any say?
> We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
> Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6bIU
>
> BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY
>
> New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
> introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
> needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.
>
> The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
> nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
> and 13 didn't go to school.
>
> The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
> of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
> education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
> compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
> courses.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
> teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
> papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
> Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.
>
> While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
> controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
> disabilities.
>
> Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
> courses on special education from one year to two years from the
> 2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
> NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
> a two-year format.
>
> The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
> 17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.
>
> According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
> the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
> PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
> children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
> six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.
>
> Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
> University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
> with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
> and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
> education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.
>
> The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
> Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
> (NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
> committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
> papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.
>
> Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
> for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
> inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
> situation was "changing gradually".
>
> "Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
> education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."
>
> The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
> information and communications technology and gender studies.
>
>
>
> --
> Avinash Shahi
> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
>
>
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Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-15 Thread KALPANA KHARADE

Friends,
I too was the member of B.Ed. syllabus revision committee  and actively 
involved in preparing the syllabus for inclusive education for Mumbai 
University. In Mumbai university it is going to be a compulsory paper and it 
is named as " Creating Inclusive class-rooms. We will focus mainly along 
with other things on the strategies  for creating inclusive environment in 
schools and class-rooms. But doing this we will also broaden the scope of 
inclusion not delimiting it only to children with special educational needs 
but inclusive of even socially and economically disadvantaged children.
- Original Message - 
From: "Ritesh Tomer" 
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues 
concerningthe disabled." 

Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from 
upcoming academic session




They have provided only the structure of two year programme and the
included courses so far.
We will be having a joint colleges meeting in the department on 16th
of this month where different committees will be constituted for
preparing course content.
I will update you as soon as I would get information about it.


On 4/14/15, avinash shahi  wrote:

Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly

I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads?

On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer  wrote:

Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding
two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of
education D.U.
I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and
M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good
teachers in the nation.
As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform
you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it
is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second
year of the programme.


On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor  wrote:

And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have
become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the
B.Ed
curriculum at this moment.
- Original Message -
From: "George Abraham" 
To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
concerningthe disabled.'" ;
"'disability-studies-india'"
;
"'jnuvision'" 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from
upcoming academic session


This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than
never!

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
Behalf
Of avinash shahi
Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10
To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision
Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from
upcoming
academic session

So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b
IU

BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY

New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.

The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.

The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.





















"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.

While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.

Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.

The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.

According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenge

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-14 Thread Ritesh Tomer
They have provided only the structure of two year programme and the
included courses so far.
We will be having a joint colleges meeting in the department on 16th
of this month where different committees will be constituted for
preparing course content.
I will update you as soon as I would get information about it.


On 4/14/15, avinash shahi  wrote:
> Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly
>
> I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads?
>
> On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer  wrote:
>> Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding
>> two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of
>> education D.U.
>> I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and
>> M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good
>> teachers in the nation.
>> As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform
>> you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it
>> is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second
>> year of the programme.
>>
>>
>> On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor  wrote:
>>> And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have
>>> become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the
>>> B.Ed
>>> curriculum at this moment.
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "George Abraham" 
>>> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>>> concerningthe disabled.'" ;
>>> "'disability-studies-india'"
>>> ;
>>> "'jnuvision'" 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from
>>> upcoming academic session
>>>
>>>
>>> This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than
>>> never!
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of avinash shahi
>>> Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10
>>> To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision
>>> Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from
>>> upcoming
>>> academic session
>>>
>>> So any say?
>>> We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
>>> Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
>>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b
>>> IU
>>>
>>> BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY
>>>
>>> New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
>>> introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
>>> needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.
>>>
>>> The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
>>> nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
>>> and 13 didn't go to school.
>>>
>>> The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
>>> of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
>>> education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
>>> compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
>>> courses.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
>>> teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
>>> papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
>>> Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.
>>>
>>> While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
>>> controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
>>> disabilities.
>>>
>>> Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
>>> courses on special education from one year to two years from the
>>> 2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
>>> NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
>>> a two-year format.
>>>
>>> The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
>>> 17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special educatio

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-14 Thread avinash shahi
Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly

I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads?

On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer  wrote:
> Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding
> two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of
> education D.U.
> I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and
> M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good
> teachers in the nation.
> As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform
> you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it
> is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second
> year of the programme.
>
>
> On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor  wrote:
>> And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have
>> become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed
>> curriculum at this moment.
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "George Abraham" 
>> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>> concerningthe disabled.'" ;
>> "'disability-studies-india'" ;
>> "'jnuvision'" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from
>> upcoming academic session
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>>
>> This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than
>> never!
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of avinash shahi
>> Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10
>> To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision
>> Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from
>> upcoming
>> academic session
>>
>> So any say?
>> We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
>> Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b
>> IU
>>
>> BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY
>>
>> New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
>> introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
>> needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.
>>
>> The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
>> nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
>> and 13 didn't go to school.
>>
>> The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
>> of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
>> education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
>> compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
>> courses.
>>
>>
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>> "The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
>> teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
>> papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
>> Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.
>>
>> While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
>> controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
>> disabilities.
>>
>> Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
>> courses on special education from one year to two years from the
>> 2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
>> NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
>> a two-year format.
>>
>> The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
>> 17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.
>>
>> According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
>> the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
>> PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
>> children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
>> six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.
>>
>> Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
>> University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
>> with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
>> and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
>> education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.
>>

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-14 Thread Ritesh Tomer
Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding
two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of
education D.U.
I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and
M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good
teachers in the nation.
As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform
you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it
is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second
year of the programme.


On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor  wrote:
> And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have
> become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed
> curriculum at this moment.
> - Original Message -
> From: "George Abraham" 
> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
> concerningthe disabled.'" ;
> "'disability-studies-india'" ;
> "'jnuvision'" 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from
> upcoming academic session
>
>
> This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than
> never!
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of avinash shahi
> Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10
> To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision
> Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming
> academic session
>
> So any say?
> We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
> Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b
> IU
>
> BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY
>
> New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
> introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
> needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.
>
> The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
> nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
> and 13 didn't go to school.
>
> The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
> of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
> education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
> compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
> courses.
>
>
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> "The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
> teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
> papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
> Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.
>
> While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
> controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
> disabilities.
>
> Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
> courses on special education from one year to two years from the
> 2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
> NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
> a two-year format.
>
> The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
> 17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.
>
> According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
> the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
> PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
> children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
> six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.
>
> Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
> University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
> with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
> and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
> education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.
>
> The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
> Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
> (NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
> committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
> papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.
>
> Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
> for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
> inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
> situation was "changing gradually".
>
> "Private schools 

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-14 Thread Vikas Kapoor
And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have 
become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed 
curriculum at this moment.
- Original Message - 
From: "George Abraham" 
To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues 
concerningthe disabled.'" ; 
"'disability-studies-india'" ; 
"'jnuvision'" 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from 
upcoming academic session


This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than
never!

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of avinash shahi
Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10
To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision
Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming
academic session

So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b
IU

BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY

New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.

The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.

The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.





















"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.

While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.

Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.

The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.

According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.

Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.

The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.

Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
situation was "changing gradually".

"Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."

The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
information and communications technology and gender studies.



-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



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Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-14 Thread George Abraham
This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than
never! 

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of avinash shahi
Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10
To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision
Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming
academic session

So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b
IU

BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY

New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.

The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.

The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.





















"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.

While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.

Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.

The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.

According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.

Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.

The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.

Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
situation was "changing gradually".

"Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."

The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
information and communications technology and gender studies.



-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



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[AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-14 Thread avinash shahi
So any say?
We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it?
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6bIU

BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY

New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has
introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special
needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi.

The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that
nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six
and 13 didn't go to school.

The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council
of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special
education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the
compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd
courses.





















"The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to
teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory
papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson
Santosh Panda told The Telegraph.

While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the
controlling authority for courses on teaching people with
disabilities.

Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd
courses on special education from one year to two years from the
2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the
NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to
a two-year format.

The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the
17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education.

According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by
the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the
PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh
children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly
six lakh were physically or mentally challenged.

Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar
University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children
with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd
and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special
education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject.

The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K.
Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The
committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education
papers in the general BEd and MEd streams.

Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools
for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for
inclusive education to students across all categories - said the
situation was "changing gradually".

"Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special
education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states."

The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga,
information and communications technology and gender studies.



-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



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