TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PART 1: THE COMMISSION’S THE REPORT ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – FOCUSING ON PRIMARY EDUCATION Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 – Background – Legal and Policy Frameworks On The Right To Education For CWLD – Right To Education For CWLD - Observations And Analysis – Recommendations 3 9 19 43 PART 2 : REPORT ON THE COMMISSION’S FORUM ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CWLD I. II. III. Forum on the Right to Education for Children with Learning Disabilities, 22 April 2013, Kuala Lumpur Forum on the Right to Education for Children with Learning Disabilities, 23 September 2013, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Forum on the Right to Education for Children with Learning Disabilities, 25 September 2013 Kuching, Sarawak 51 61 75 ANNEXURES Annexure 1: Paper presented by Ms. Teoh Hooi Ting, Secretary, United Voice. 87 Annexure 2: Paper presented by Ms. Lok Yim Pheng, Secretary General, National Union of the Teaching Profession Malaysia. 101 Annexure 3 : Paper presented by Dr. Hasnah Toran, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 111 Annexure 4 : Paper presented by Dato’ Dr. Amar Singh, Chief Paediatrician, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh Perak. (A similar paper was presented by Dr. Toh Teck Hock, Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, Sibu Hospital.) 119 Annexure 5 : Paper Presented by Mr. Adnan bin Abu Bakar, Director, Department of Persons with Disabilities’ Development, Department of Social Welfare. 127