Training teachers to handle special kids

Green effort: Siti Aishah (left) with teachers and special needs students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Teriang Hilir in Jelebu. The students are taught to plant vegetables and are seen here posing with the produce they harvested from their plot. — Bernama

The inclusive education programme to integrate special needs learners with normal students in schools will see better results, if more mainstream teachers are trained to manage them.

HANDLING and identifying children with special needs in schools will be so much more better if mainstream teachers are equipped with the necessary skills.