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23 Oct 2023 08:15

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Special teachers in schools to meet the needs of disabled students

As per the guidelines issued by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), an apex government body of the central government, in some states of our country, special teachers were appointed to take care of the special needs of disabled students. In the guidelines, it was mentioned that there should be at least 10 disabled students for whom one such special teacher could be appointed. If needed the special teacher was supposed to visit more schools also to cover such students.

In some states, special teachers were appointed but they were appointed on a contractual basis and their salaries were not at par with the salaries of other teachers who were working in the state as normal teachers.

These teachers are now requesting the government to consider their case and give them the normal salaries given to other teachers. What is your opinion in this regard? Will it not be a good thing to give them a salary on par with the other normal teachers? Please share your views.

#775543

23 Oct 2023 15:26

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There is a necessity to appoint special teachers to assist specially to disabled students. For deaf and dumb students there are special schools and teachers in these schools are specially trained in conveying the message through signs. Such students can't be clubbed with other students as they can't hear and talk. Blind people can hear. So they can hear the lessons but they may not write normally. So they require some assistance in writing and writing the examinations. Like this different people require different specialist teachers. So I feel it is better to have separate schools for such people and suitably trained teachers should be appointed in such schools. There can be one or two schools in a district and students belonging to that district can be given admission to those schools. Free accommodation, food and some allowance for other expenses can be given by the government to all the students. That will make more such disabled persons to join such school. Making them to admit in a normal school may make them to think inferior and inferiority complex may develop among such students.

drrao
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#775546

24 Oct 2023 07:00

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There must be the separate schools to promote education for the disabled students. In the general schools, they might not get the due attention of the teachers since they need to provide the entire class the best possible education from their ends. They cannot manage the extra loads for the disabled students.
Moreover to teach all these disadvantaged students, the teachers need to acquire extra skills to promote the welfare of these categories of the students.They are trained in a special way to undertake their guidance. If there is the provision of providing education of such students, the same can be extended with the provision of at least one such school in each district.

#775604

30 Oct 2023 11:35

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Though the author is right in his point and which is welcomed, according to me especially in Government Schools the regular teachers themselves paying special care on the children with disability etc., as I have noticed this personally. This is a must in teachers and parents that is the special care on disabled and definitely it should never be considered as 'pampering'.

Special teachers in schools to meet the needs of disabled students

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