Issues Regarding Special Needs Education In Malaysia

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Issues regarding special needs education in malaysia. This section intends to give an overview of specia l needs education sector in malaysia by discussing its historical background and policy development. University of malaya um. As such pinpointing a list of top five issues in the field isn t realistic. Certification in children with special needs therapy children with special needs need to be diagnosed early so that early intervention can be given to normalize the child.

Management education has seen a remarkable growth in the recent years as. Malaysian education policy is to integrate students with learning difficulties or special educational needs. There needs to be ongoing conversation about special education between a broad range of experts educators parents and students. The vijayaratnam foundation s the philanthropic arm of the qi group of companies in malaysia main focus under the education pillar is the empowerment of individuals in the field of special learning needs and in line with this a centre for children with special learning needs called taarana was set up.

43 discusses the progress of special education sector in malaysia in four stages of period. There are currently about 768 special education integration programmes in malaysian primary and secondary schools. Although problems exist for education in malaysia the government introduced the malaysia education blueprint in 2013 to begin correcting some of these issues. The age window can be small but with the right assessment and therapy most of these children can learn to fit into their school and community successfully academically behaviourally and socially.

The blueprint recognizes the need for closing social gaps keeping children in school until upper secondary school and improving test scores to begin tackling the problems. Special education is a charged subjective topic just as any complex and personal issue is. Lay and hui 2014 p. However as in all matters pertaining to an ever evolving society there is always room for advancement room for improvement being the optimist that i am.