NIBONG TEBAL: The Education Ministry will continue to ensure that no child is left behind in education, including special educational needs pupils.
Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the ministry was committed to ensuring equality by providing opportunities and creating an environment suitable for all children.
Towards this end, she urged more non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help the ministry to ensure the success of various programmes which involved the country's education agenda.
She said one such example was Able Perfect Sdn Bhd. She said the firm, with the cooperation of Yayasan Didik Negara, had helped set up multisensory classes in four selected schools - namely SK Seri Sentosa here and SK Long Jaafar,
SK Seri Setiawan and SK Pendidikan Khas Ipoh, all three in Perak.
"When we talk about education, it is important to look at access as one of the main cornerstones.
"This is because issues involving access encompass various aspects such as demography, multidimensional poverty and equality for all, especially the special educational needs students.
"The ministry always strives to provide opportunities and space for special educational needs pupils to enjoy learning like other mainstream pupils by ensuring they can follow equal and quality education and enjoy the best educational facilities in line with the concept of humanity education based on the National Education Policy and Malaysia Education Development Plan 2013-2025," she said at the launch of the special education programme's multisensory classes at SK Seri Sentosa here today (May 10).
Present was Able Perfect Sdn Bhd vice-president (commercial) Ahmad Farid Kamarudin.
The multi-sensory room provides a good opportunity to support the learning of pupils with special needs.
With various sensory elements such as light, sound, texture and colour, the multisensory room can stimulate multiple senses and enable a more comprehensive and effective learning experience.
Able Perfect Sdn Bhd spent RM250,000 for the four multisensory rooms.
Elaborating, Fadhlina said in line with the direction of the country this year, the ministry had outlined six main directions namely the empowerment of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Digital Education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), school curriculum, upholding Bahasa Malaysia and Strengthening Command of English (MBMMBI) and early preschool education.
She said a special committee had been established to oversee each of the six priorities.
"It t is my hope that special educational needs pupils can also be strengthened through these six directions to ensure they are able to compete and achieve success in various fields, hence contributing to the development of the country's socioeconomics.
"Indeed, special educational needs pupils have great potential in driving education and national development," she added.
