THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES –
FOCUSING ON PRIMARY EDUCATION
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TABLE 2: WORKSHOPS ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
No.
Regional Zone
1.
North
2.
East
3.
South
4.
Central
States
Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang,
Perak
Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang
Melaka, Johor
Selangor, Negeri Sembilan,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala
Lumpur & Putrajaya
Date
26-28 June
2013
29-31 October
2013
22-24 April
2014
28-30 October
2014
18. In conducting its research, the Commission was pleased to receive
cooperation and assistance from the Special Education Department of the
Ministry of Education and the Welfare Department of the Ministry of Women,
Family and Community Development. In particular, they shared information
and data relating to CWLD.
19. This project was conducted in 2013 during which the Commission gathered
its data and statistics on access to education for CWLD for the period of
2010-2012 and as such unless otherwise stated, the data and statistics
included in this Report are for the period of 2010-2012.
LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY
20. In undertaking this study, there were certain limitations on part of the
Commission:•
This Report is based on findings of the Commission’s visits to selected
primary schools, NGO centres and CBR in the Peninsula, Sabah and
Sarawak. These schools are illustrative, and not necessarily representative
of (in terms of being a statistically accurate sample), the situation across
the country.
•
Although the Commission engaged key stakeholders from government
agencies and NGOs who are involved in developing policies and/
or providing services to CWLD5 and while it had also identified other
stakeholders including parents of CWLD, PWLD self-advocacy group,
secondary government agencies, the Commission was unable to
closely engage with certain identified CWLD due to its limited resources.
The Commission hopes that the report will facilitate greater consultation
with CWLD in its future engagement with all stakeholders, in particular
the persons with disabilities.
In particular the Department of Special Education of the Ministry of Education; Department of Social
Welfare of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development; and the National Early
Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC).
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