Thiruvananthapuram: The State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) has come out with a unified curriculum for special schools in the state. From June 1, at least two special educators would provide training to the students of all the 271 recognized special schools.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who released 19 books for the special needs children at Cotton Hill Higher Secondary School here on Monday said that preference will be given to such children. The existing curriculum for the special needs children was neither unified nor comprehensive.
Dr. J. Prasad, NCERT director, told DC that the resource materials released on Monday will benefit the parents of special children as they also require training.
“The books are for children in the age group of 5-11 years. This has been taken as a pilot study,” he said.
Two teachers each from all the special schools will be provided four days’ training at Rotary Institute for Children in Need of Special Care, Vazhuthacaud, with 50 students in each batch.
Brahmanayakam Mahadevan, founder of Sahajeevan Trust which runs a special needs school at Kaniyapuram, told DC that exemplary research had been done to compile 19 books which have been published in Malayalam.
