Comments on: No Special Treatment http://www.nextstepforward.net/general-pakistan/no-special-treatment/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:53:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nextstepforward.net/general-pakistan/no-special-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Anonymous Thu, 13 May 2010 14:45:03 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=2574#comment-1431 ISRAR SAYS Muhammad israr dear zainab, plz admit the said boy in regular school, as this is the world trend to practice the inclusive education because the world research shows the good result , thus the deinstitutionalization movement had come up.i m the special educator and i m practicing the inclusive education in a project of ERRA. MRDEA is the project of ERRA and working in four districts . 2 in each AJK & Khyber puktoon khawa. with connection to the inclusive education , i m providing training to the regular teachers in need based as per child admitted in the concern school. with thanks & regards M.israr special educator District Education Officer RIC-MRDEA-ERRA Mansehra 0346-9034017 ISRAR SAYS
Muhammad israr
dear zainab,
plz admit the said boy in regular school, as this is the world trend to practice the inclusive education because the world research shows the good result , thus the deinstitutionalization movement had come up.i m the special educator and i m practicing the inclusive education in a project of ERRA. MRDEA is the project of ERRA and working in four districts . 2 in each AJK & Khyber puktoon khawa.
with connection to the inclusive education , i m providing training to the regular teachers in need based as per child admitted in the concern school.
with thanks & regards
M.israr
special educator
District Education Officer
RIC-MRDEA-ERRA
Mansehra
0346-9034017

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nextstepforward.net/general-pakistan/no-special-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Anonymous Thu, 13 May 2010 14:42:25 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=2574#comment-1430 muhammad israr dear zainab, plz admit the said boy in regular school, as this is the world trend to practice the inclusive education because the world research shows the good result , thus the deinstitutionalization movement had come up.i m the special educator and i m practicing the inclusive education in a project of ERRA. MRDEA is the project of ERRA and working in four districts . 2 in each AJK & Khyber puktoon khawa. with connection to the inclusive education , i m providing training to the regular teachers in need based as per child admitted in the concern school. with thanks & regards M.israr special educator District Education Officer RIC-MRDEA-ERRA Mansehra 0346-9034017 muhammad israr
dear zainab,
plz admit the said boy in regular school, as this is the world trend to practice the inclusive education because the world research shows the good result , thus the deinstitutionalization movement had come up.i m the special educator and i m practicing the inclusive education in a project of ERRA. MRDEA is the project of ERRA and working in four districts . 2 in each AJK & Khyber puktoon khawa.
with connection to the inclusive education , i m providing training to the regular teachers in need based as per child admitted in the concern school.
with thanks & regards
M.israr
special educator
District Education Officer
RIC-MRDEA-ERRA
Mansehra
0346-9034017

]]> By: zainab http://www.nextstepforward.net/general-pakistan/no-special-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-392 zainab Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=2574#comment-392 A lovely article indeed,Mariam .This is a very important issue that you have discussed. I wanted to share my experience too,A couple of days back i came across a 8 year old girl ,in Islamabad, who had this hearing impairment .She was a servant's daughter and my aunt decided to help her.So my aunt looked up a couple of schools for special children,and found this school which was run by an NGO(which was in turn run by a socialite),who supposedly working for the welfare of the "POOR".It really made me sad when I actually came to know how much she was charging.She sent my aunt a text message which said: 1) First Meeting with the parents=Rs.1000 2)30mins speech therapy=Rs.300 3)monthly tution fee=Rs.5000 and to add to my horror the text ended with:"THERE WILL BE NO CONCESSION ON THE FEE!!!!" that makes me wonder what good does a voucher worth Rs.300, offered by the Punjab Education Foundation,do to these children???? A lovely article indeed,Mariam .This is a very important issue that you have discussed. I wanted to share my experience too,A couple of days back i came across a 8 year old girl ,in Islamabad, who had this hearing impairment .She was a servant’s daughter and my aunt decided to help her.So my aunt looked up a couple of schools for special children,and found this school which was run by an NGO(which was in turn run by a socialite),who supposedly working for the welfare of the “POOR”.It really made me sad when I actually came to know how much she was charging.She sent my aunt a text message which said:
1) First Meeting with the parents=Rs.1000
2)30mins speech therapy=Rs.300
3)monthly tution fee=Rs.5000
and to add to my horror the text ended with:”THERE WILL BE NO CONCESSION ON THE FEE!!!!”
that makes me wonder what good does a voucher worth Rs.300, offered by the Punjab Education Foundation,do to these children????

]]> By: Bilal Zafar http://www.nextstepforward.net/general-pakistan/no-special-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Bilal Zafar Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:23:53 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=2574#comment-363 Mariyam, I was wondering if you or Sara know of any examples of mainstreaming special education in Pakistan. Any school that has really taken this message to heart and went on to show that it not only can be done but that it can have positive impact on the social development of ALL children in the school? Also, in your research, did you find any data on roughly how much do we spend per special child's education? I ask because I was wondering if creating something like a voucher system, where government (or an NGO) gives the school X amount of money if they take in a special needs child, will create a financial incentive for mainstreaming in private schools. For example, Punjab Education Foundation gives vouchers worth Rs 300 per child. What if it gave Rs. 500 per special child, if the school integrated these children with others? Would that create the right set of incentives for the educational marketplace to move toward mainstreaming special education? Mariyam, I was wondering if you or Sara know of any examples of mainstreaming special education in Pakistan. Any school that has really taken this message to heart and went on to show that it not only can be done but that it can have positive impact on the social development of ALL children in the school?

Also, in your research, did you find any data on roughly how much do we spend per special child’s education? I ask because I was wondering if creating something like a voucher system, where government (or an NGO) gives the school X amount of money if they take in a special needs child, will create a financial incentive for mainstreaming in private schools. For example, Punjab Education Foundation gives vouchers worth Rs 300 per child. What if it gave Rs. 500 per special child, if the school integrated these children with others? Would that create the right set of incentives for the educational marketplace to move toward mainstreaming special education?

]]> By: Gardezi http://www.nextstepforward.net/general-pakistan/no-special-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Gardezi Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:29:48 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=2574#comment-360 Lovely article. It's one of those things I've never thought about. Thank you for bringing such an interesting perspective on such a neglected but important issue. Lovely article. It’s one of those things I’ve never thought about. Thank you for bringing such an interesting perspective on such a neglected but important issue.

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