Tamil Nadu - Perambalur   

`Sarva Siksha Abhiyan helps in honing skills of disabled children'

By Our Staff Reporter

PERAMBALUR, APRIL 5 . The enrolment of differently abled children under the `Sarva Siksha Abhiyan' has a telling effect on their skill development, the Chief Educational Officer and also District Programme Coordinator of the SSA, N. S.Vasu, said.

Speaking at the inauguration of a free health camp held at Veppur near here recently for the disabled children enrolled under the programme, he said since the differently abled pupils mingled with normal pupils, there was a marked development in the attitudinal behaviour and academic excellence.

He said a total of 2,778 differently abled persons were enrolled under the SSA during the current academic year, including 205 in the Veppur block.

The free health camp was aimed at providing clinical counselling to the parents too.

Mr. Vasu said simple pre-natal care would go a long way in checking the incidence of deformity or disability among the infants.

Anganwadi workers and members of self-help groups should create an awareness among the rural women. Early detection of disability coupled with immediate therapy would go a long way in imparting vocational skills to these less-privileged persons, he said.

The Assistant District Programme Coordinator, P. Thangarajan, explained steps to be followed for early detection of disability and curative measures to be followed.

The Media Documentation Officer, SSA, M. Rangasamy, said the children were enrolled under the special `Integrated Education for the Disabled Children' programme.

Twenty special teachers had been appointed at the rate of two teachers in each of the 10 blocks in the district to cater to the educational needs of the disabled children.

Free medical camps were being conducted in co-ordination with service organisations.

Medical personnel offered counselling on speech therapy and other psychological techniques to the parents of the differently abled children.

A team of doctors from the Arupadaiveedu Medical College, Pondicherry, led by Senthilkumar screened the children.

As many as 77 children with mental illness, 52 with hearing impairment and 21 with visual disability were among those who were treated at the camp.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Tamil Nadu

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

• `Sarva Siksha Abhiyan helps in honing skills of disabled children'

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu