PART 1
THE COMMISSION’S REPORT ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
– FOCUSING ON PRIMARY EDUCATION
CHAPTER 4
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 has identified a number of challenges
in special education and it has also outlined the strategic approaches to
overcome these challenges in order to achieve 75% inclusive education by
2025. Mindful of these commitments, the Commission make the following
recommendations:
(a) Implementation of the Malaysia Education Blueprint
2013-2025
129. The Commission welcomes the commitments and programmes outlined
by the Education Blueprint, especially with regard to special education.
To ensure that Government machineries translate these commitments
into actions, the Commission strongly recommends an independent
monitoring mechanism be established to assess and chart the progress and
implementation of the Education Blueprint. The Government should also be
open to review the Education Blueprint regularly and, if deemed necessary,
have it adjusted to meet the evolving needs of the education based on
global progress.
(b) Consolidation of data and statistics on children with
disabilities including CWLD
130. While recognising that registration of persons with disabilities is voluntary, the
Commission sees the need for consolidated data and statistics, especially
on children with learning disabilities to ensure they too have equal access
to education, both at the primary and secondary level. It should be
emphasised that the collection of data on children with disabilities should
be systemised, synchronised and shared among the government agencies,
in particular the Department of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Education and
the Ministry of Health.
(c) SEIP programmes and Inclusive Education in all schools
131. The Education Blueprint aims to have 75% of children with disabilities, including
CWLD in Inclusive Education by 2025. Further, the Ministry of Education in the
Education Blueprint also targets to have 30% of special education needs
(SEN) students in the inclusive programme by 2015.
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