Sunday, March 14, 2010

The history of Special Education in Pakistan goes back farther than the history of Pakistan itself. With the earliest school for disabled children established in Lahore in 1906, it has now been more than a century since institutions dedicated to the education of special children have been in operation. Since then the development of special education institutions has been anything but smooth, coming to almost a complete standstill for quite some time after the partition of India. Rapid developments started in the 80’s when 1981 was declared the International Year of the Disabled by the United Nations. Currently, a network of federal, provincial, and NGO-based institutions provide education to approximately 24000 special children, which is hardly 4% of the total population of children with special needs in Pakistan. What are the reasons behind this shortfall in academic institutions for those with special needs? How can this shortfall be erased efficiently? How are the current institutions performing? And what needs to be done to improve their performance?
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12 comments:

  1. seemaMarch 17, 2010 at 3:56 AM

    hey guys....
    ds z vry gd topic 4 discussion but the problem is that no 1 cn understand seriously
    childrens are the flower of the garden, but alasssssssssss......!!! we cannt gv any opprtunty to them so they can grom up their personality
    and the mjorty of us think dat what the hell these special childrens are
    "na kaam k na kaj k dushman annj k"
    its my apeal through ds blog dat plzzzzzz
    "zara sochye kuch poday ziyada tawajo mangta hn tu kiya ye bachy hmari tawajo or piyar k mustahek nahi? kiya hmara farz nahi k ham nay es chaman k phoolon ko sambhal rakhna hy"
    zara sochye.............!!!!!!

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  2. UnknownMarch 17, 2010 at 8:23 PM

    hi frendz fahad here this is very hot topic now a days so we all should work for it or atleast help those people who are working for this cause as we know the childrens are the most important in our lives

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  3. UnknownMarch 17, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    for special childeren we must
    1.establish an educational institute.
    2.provide medical aid.
    3.Hearing and Speech testing professionally.
    4.provide hearing aids.
    5.provide different vocational training with basic education.
    6.provide job opportunities to the trained students.
    7.provide different sport and recreational facillities.
    8.make the students a useful part of society.

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  4. hafsaMarch 17, 2010 at 8:28 PM

    hello dear........
    the topic under the discusssion is very sensitive because the life of special childrens is very miserabale, specially the parents of the childrens did not pay any special attention to thier kids they think that these childrens are the "saain" type of child. this concept is exist in pakistan.
    but these kids are realy very sensitive and they need more and more attention from all the family members.
    if we provide the gud and relax environment to them these children should be improved and spend normal life in this selfish word..
    so take care of these special and cute kids.
    best regards.......
    creat new hope for these kids.......
    & make a healthier life for them like others.

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  5. UnknownMarch 17, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    asalam u alikum
    very unique topic........
    we should help these institutions either in form of money or provide our personal skills to create that kind of enviornment through this these special people can servive easilly in our society.

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  6. UnknownMarch 17, 2010 at 10:08 PM

    hi frndz...
    special children are in actual very special.so love them and give them proper respect and place in the society.

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  7. UnknownMarch 17, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    hello all...
    people usualy think that special children can not gain status of normal children in our society,im totaly against it.special children can gain the same status in society.we just need to pay special attantion and love to them.

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  8. UnknownMarch 17, 2010 at 10:34 PM

    hello hello dear........
    the topic under the discusssion is very sensitive because the life of special childrens is very miserabale, specially the parents of the childrens did not pay any special attention to thier kids they think that these childrens are the "saain" type of child. this concept is exist in pakistan.
    .......

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  9. amna saleemMarch 17, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    you have highlighted a vey good topic and have provided good information, these children must be treated with love and affection and muet be given special care.

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  10. UnknownMarch 18, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    topic is very nice.More sectors are getting involved in the cause of special children as parents have become more open with their differently-able offsprings. Laws have also been passed for their rights and privileges. The education department for its part continues to craft programs for children with special needs to provide them greater access to formal education.The last but not the least is the inclusion - the child with disabilities, regardless of the nature and severity of her disability and need for related services, receive total education within the regular classroom program

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  11. UnknownMarch 18, 2010 at 3:31 AM

    Special children needs a lot of attention to spend their life smoothly.
    You have highlighted an important issue in our society....
    They are to be provided extra attention and care.

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  12. AnonymousMarch 18, 2010 at 3:35 AM

    Special children have extraordinay capabilities. They are to be providded attention and care to exceed life successfully.
    This topic is no doubt an important issue to be highlighted, you have done a great job to do so... :-)

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