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ABSTRACT
Children with special need have difficulty in adjusting of education for disabled children. Children with
with their environment in many ways compared to special needs should be given adequate physical and
their normal peers. Physical environment of schools, educational environment to develop and organize their
village/town and home is not conducive for CWSNs, life. They have much in common with other children
as some need physical adjustment, some listening or of their age. They have many common aspects of
communication and some observation or experiential child’s development like: personality, the ability to
adjustment. Due to these physical limitations, CWSNs communicate, resilience and strength, the ability to
are unable to actively participate in learning skills and appreciate and enjoy life and the desire to learn. Each
knowledge effectively and become easy victim of child has individual strengths, personality and
teasing at public places. CWSN are not persons with experiences so particular disabilities will impact
different emotions, they just need special educational differently to individual children. They have all right
environment to grow like most of us. It has been to be the whole child, develop physically, socially,
found that CWSN, who may better adjust with spiritually and mentally. They have right to education
physical, social and learning environment at home, and dignified life. They have educational need, which
school, public places with or without special devices, sometimes may differ from non-disabled peers.
have better attendance at school. The disabled Special educational needs may arise from primary
children have the same right to education, work and four different types of disability: Physical, Sensory,
participation. These children with slight modification Mental health, and Learning disability. They are not
in their physical, social and educational environment mentally diseased, they do have physical, visual or
may be transformed to outperformer in the area of hearing problems, but they are otherwise like any
their interest. other children and may be educated if physically and
academically adjustable environment is provided.
Keywords: Co Variants, adjustment, attendance, Number of problem arise due to disability i.e.
CWSN, and Elementary Schools In Uttar Pradesh. Attention disorder, Memory problem, Reading
problem, Listening problem, Movement problem,
Introduction Reading disabled (vision), Writing disabled
Children with disability should be educated, in the (physical), Adjustment problems.
inclusive educational environment as sometime child
with disability may not require any special For this study the common operational definition of
educational need. These children are like other disability has been used “The persons with disabilities
children in intellectual functionary. Humanity, in India has been defined by PWD Act, 1995”
realization and technology have opened new avenues Ministry of law, justice and company affairs,
Asha Hans (Hans & Patri, 2003: 5), “I live in a Trends in provisions in India reflect that the leading
cocoon of social making
Peeping out at the world policy predisposition before the 1970s has been that
from behind a curtain”. This paper explain disability of segregation. In the 1970s the IEDC scheme was
in global development, it not only raises questions of launched by the Union government for providing
diverse local interpretations of the same issue, but educational opportunities to learners with CWSN in
also the need to accept the diversity of needs within regular schools. Nevertheless, the statistics show that
the group, depending on both the nature of though the integration of learners with CWSN
impairment and cultural& local context. gathered some momentum, the coverage under this
scheme remained inadequate. After the World
In the UK, the medical model is reflected in the Conference on Special Needs Education in Salamanca
psycho-medical dominance of segregated education in 1990s, inclusion became the magic word in the
for children with disabilities in the 1950’s (Clough & educational field. The Salamanca Statement adopted
Corbett, 2000), which was transported to developing by representatives of 92 Governments and 25
contexts by colonialists and development agencies. International Organizations has, in fact, set the policy
This model can be seen, however, as being dominant agenda for inclusive education on a global basis.
long before the 1950’s, with philanthropic, charitable Inclusive education refers to all learners, young
institutions being set up from the mid-1800s in both people with or without disabilities being able to learn
north and south, particularly for blind or deaf together in ordinary pre-school provisions, schools
children, by Christian missionaries. In India, the and community educational settings with appropriate
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, which network of support services.
is responsible for people with disabilities, has a
medically-inspired classification system whereby In addition to the provision of aids and appliances, a
one’s disability either falls into the category of flexible, broad and balanced curriculum that can meet
locomotors, visual, hearing, speech or mental. the needs of all children is the call of the day. The
paper, therefore, proposes an inclusive curriculum for
Children with disabilities are a secluded that is not all students without discrimination on the basis of
prioritized in the context of education programs in gender, ethnic origin, socio economic group,
India, although they are often found in many disability or ability.
marginalized groups that are catered for if non-
disabled? For example: girls, scheduled tribe, The studies also make it clear that it is very important
scheduled caste, and other backward caste children. to understand how education of disabled children
Inclusive education may be a way of merging these should be taken care of. What are the conditions to
children’s needs in order to improve school quality have inclusive education, which are the areas, where
and achieve EFA. The issues and constraints faced by individual training is required? How different social
the stakeholders involved, particularly for children and environmental issues affect education of disabled
with disabilities, lead to the conclusion that a twin- child. How should we modify our school environment
track approach to disability may assist not only in to make it more inclusive, what are teacher’s training
improving education access, but also the needs to impart individualized education in an
reconceptualization of inclusive education as a school inclusive classroom.
quality issue.
In this study significant effort have been made to In order to collect valid and reliable data about
establish adjustment related factors affecting education status of CWSN a sample size of 500
education of disabled children. Efforts have been (approximately 5% of population) was set for the
made to find out correlation between different purpose. Size of sample for four different types of
parameters with student attendance in school i.e. Self- specially is Orthopaedic – 171, Visually Impaired –
care, Regular outing, Routine work, Social gathering, 103, Hearing Impaired – 114, and Mentally Retarded
Playing games. – 107. In sample both the gender are adequately
represented, Male- 252, Female – 258. In sample all
Data and Method social categories are sufficiently represented as-
Scheduled caste- 187, other backward classes-199,
In order to know the teaching learning environment General- 115. For this almost proportionate number of
and the academic achievement of the children with children were selected randomly from each kind of
special needs, visits were organized to see many specially and population, to see effect of different
bridge courses run by department of basic education kind of specialty on hypotheses.
of Uttar Pradesh. Schools were also visited, where
children with special needs were studying in inclusive Sampling: Sampling is a process used in statistical
way. Some special schools run by non-government analysis in which a predetermined number of
organizations were also visited to get a feeling of observations are taken from a larger population. Thus
problems faced by these kinds of children in adjusting in the sampling technique instead of studying every
with routine daily personal work and education. unit of the universe, we study a sample drawn on
Teachers and warden of bridge courses, inclusive some basis from the entire universe. In this study
schools and special schools were consulted before researcher has used stratified and purposive sampling.
making any research design. Their interaction was The sample should be a representative of entire
helpful in figuring out areas, which have greater population to get a representative sample, it should be
impact on elementary education of children with ensured whether all elements are equally represented
special needs. On the basis of that research objectives or not.
and hypothesizes were constructed.
For the selection of sample the criterion followed was
Research Design easy access to data, convenience in conducting
survey, social structure and level of literacy. As per
The research design followed in the study is guidelines of Ministry of Human resource
descriptive (survey) and evaluative. In this research development all 20 blocks of district Allahabad are
the focus of the study is to test certain hypothesises educationally backward, and being diverse in the
regarding elementary education of CWSN at present. sense of culture and education, it was selected for the
The descriptive survey method has been adopted purpose of study. Literacy rate of district Allahabad is
20
Figure 2: Routine outing impact
10
Daily routine work Vs attendance (Adjustment):
there are so many routine work a child has to do to 0
adjust at home, like taking water and food, arranging A B C D
No Yes
his belongings, arranging his/her toys, setting cloths,
bathing, and obeying mother/father instruction.
Data shows every one-fifth CWSN do not go to attend
Daily Work vs Attendance social or family function due to social construct or
family construct. In study it was mentioned by family
40 that such children are problem at function because
they need extra care. Even other feel that such
30 children should be kept way because they cannot
enjoy the function due to large gathering and no time
20
with parents or others to take care of them.
10
Data shows positive correlation between children
0 attending such function and attendance at school.
A B C D Means those children, who may adjust at functions
Self GRD
will adjust at school or those who have ability to
adjust at school will go to functions because they have
Figure 3 higher confidence level of adjusting.
Data analysis gives a significant correlation between Play out outdoor games: Children love to play game
children adjusting with routine work and their and go outside for the purpose. CWSN have a little
attendance. Every one-fifth CWSN taken in sample difficulty in adjusting with every game. So they play
cannot perform their daily work independently. game, which are adjustable or in which their disability
Those, who may easily perform their work at home, doesn’t matter. Let’s see how adjusting skill with
have enough adjusting skill to perform their job at games impact their attendance at school.
school or other places. This confidence of performing,
if praised from time to time boost their energy level to
even perform better.
40 40
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
A B C D A No B CYes D
No Yes
Data show that every one fifth of VI and HI CWSN Adjustment with equipment:
don’t play out door games, while one third of OH and
MR CWSN don’t play outdoor games. Data shows There are some disabilities, whose impact may be
positive correlation between playing and school minimised with the use of certain equipment,
attendance. Playing game require children to adjust to specially constructed for the purpose. Orthopedically
so many physical and mental challenges. Children, disabled children may adjust better with environment
who may adjust their mental and physical condition with the help of callipers, baishakhi, wheel chair etc.
for play, will do the same in other situations in case of Hearing impaired children may adjust better with
requirement. Playing at school should be encouraged hearing aid machine; visually impaired children may
to train children to adjust with different kind of adjust better with cane, brail slate and abacus. Let’s
mental and physical conditions. This kind of activity see, how adjustment with equipment results in
will make them mentally strong, even to face social attendance.
evil of teasing and taunting.
20 20
20
10
10 10
0
0 0
Don't Have Yes Have
ADon't Have
B C ADon't Have
B C YesDHave E
YesDHave E A B C
Data shows that there is a positive correlation between Data shows that it is very easy for visually impaired
attendance of disabled children and use of equipment children to adapt knew abacus, brail writing method,
for adjustment. It also shows that a very large number and using cane. There are some children, who don't
of disabled children do not have equipment to adjust have equipment but they know, how to use it from
with the environment. Data also shows that their peers because they need it, so learning is a need
orthopaedic children attendance improvement is not for them for life.
as significant as in two other disability type say It seems that it is difficult for children to adjust with
hearing and visual. Most significant improvement is callipers; it may be due to design, technical issue, and
visible in visually impaired children. Learning of training. During study we encountered so many
visually impaired children improves significantly and children who were not using their equipment, because
they start responding quickly due to new method of they are unable to adjust with the device.
writing and reading called brail. So adjusting with Since hearing aid is easy to adjust, parent, child can
environment with equipment or instrument improves be easily made aware of the process of use. It’s
student’s attendance. fascinating to know that even children, who don't
Adjustment to equipment: need this device learn quickly, how to use, some of
the children, who want this device but do not have,
It is not an easy task to adjust to equipment; it needs learnt its operation from their peers.
to be as per requirement of children. Sometime due to
faulty measurement or technical problem equipment Conclusions and Recommendations
becomes useless. During field survey we found a lot The overall study elucidates the issue of disabled
of orthopedically and hearing impaired children not children and over all need on bringing out findings,
using their equipment, we were informed that child is recommendations and suggestions for further research
uncomfortable with given equipment. Sometime that has emerged out of the analysis and interpretation
children have not been given proper training for using of data is presented.
equipment, so equipment become useless.
80.00 40 80
60.00 30 60
40.00 20 40
20.00 10 20
0.00 0 0
Not have equipment Have equipment Not have Have equipment Not have equipment Have equipment
equipment Don’t Know
Don't Know Know No Ans Not Apl. No Ans Know
Implication of adjustment on disabled children Positive correlation has been found between
education children attending family function and attendance
at school. Means those children, who may adjust
CWSN, who do their own cleaning at home have at any function will adjust in school or those who
better attendance at school. Adjusting better at have ability to adjust at school will go to functions
home might have put them on higher confidence because they have higher confidence level of
level, so they may manage their own things adjusting.
outside home.
There is positive correlation between playing
CWSN, who freely move around their village, games and school attendance. Playing game
campus, home have significantly better attendance require children to adjust to so many physical and
at school. Means those, who can easily adjust with mental challenges. Children, who may adjust their
environment, with respect to movement with or mental and physical condition for game, will
without equipment have better attendance at adjust in the same way at other places in case of
school. Ability and opportunity to move around requirement. Playing at school should be
construct confidence of adjusting with even new encouraged to train children to adjust with
difficult situation. different kind of mental and physical conditions.
This kind of activity will make them mentally
There is a significant correlation between children strong, even to face social evil of teasing and
adjusting with routine work and their attendance. taunting.
Means those, who can easily perform their work at
home, have enough strength to perform at school There is a positive correlation between attendance
or other places. This confidence of performing, if of disabled children and use of equipment for
praised from time to time may boost their energy adjustment. It also shows that a very large number
level to even perform better. of disabled children do not have equipment to
adjust with the environment. Data also shows that
There is a significant number of disabled children orthopaedic children attendance improvement
do not attend social or family function due to with adjustable equipment is not as significant as
social construct and family construct. In study it in other two disability type say hearing and visual.
was mentioned by family of CWSN that such
child is problem at functions, because he/she Most significant improvement in learning
needs extra care. Even other people also feel that achievement is visible in visually impaired
such children should be kept away because they children. Learning of visually impaired children
cannot enjoy the function due to large gathering improves significantly and they start responding
and no time with parents or others to take care of quickly due to new method of writing and reading
them. called brail. So adjustment with new equipment
and material improves student’s attendance.