Slow learners need help
By LOH FOON FONG
KUALA LUMPUR: One in every three juvenile delinquent in integrity school in prison or detention centres displays learning difficulties.
There is concern that if these youths are not identified and helped during their schooling years more will end up as criminals.
Hard work: Juveniles in a 3M class in the Kajang Prison. Those in purple uniforms are under remand while those in red are serving their sentence.
Malaysian Prisons Department academic sector head Shamsuddin Mustapha said as of September, 204 or 36.7% of the 556 juvenile delinquents in integrity schools nationwide have been identified with learning difficulties.
“Most of them are categorised as slow learners suffering from mild mental retardation and dyslexia and they fall out of the school system because there is no mechanism to teach them there,” he said, adding that the youngsters tend to drop out and are exposed to negative influences.
Nationwide statistics for 2006 revealed that of 4,798 juvenile delinquents, 1,725 were students.
Shamsuddin said teachers cannot only focus on passing examinations but must help students develop talents, social skills and good attitude.
Shelter Home executive director James Nayagam, who carries out social work among juveniles in prison, said that when a child fares poorly in school, society, including other students and teachers, labels the child “stupid” or “useless”.
“Some were expelled without proper investigation while others dropped out because they did not see a future in studying,” he said, adding that parents and teachers were also unaware of the child’s disorder.
Nayagam said some children also run away from home and are exposed to social ills.
Malaysia needs social workers and psychological analysts, like those in developed countries, to assess children who do not cope in school, he said.
Child and adolescent psychiatrist senior consultant in Kuala Lumpur Dr Toh Chin Lee agrees that early detection and intervention such as special education is vital to keep children with learning disorders away from crime.
Former social welfare assistant director Vijayakumari Pillai, now a member of the Petaling District Juvenile Welfare Committee, said slow learners also come from broken families and deprived environment.
“Children tend to learn faster when there is love and a sense of security,” she said, adding that the committee was training teachers to identify children with disorders.
By LOH FOON FONG
KUALA LUMPUR: One in every three juvenile delinquent in integrity school in prison or detention centres displays learning difficulties.
There is concern that if these youths are not identified and helped during their schooling years more will end up as criminals.
Hard work: Juveniles in a 3M class in the Kajang Prison. Those in purple uniforms are under remand while those in red are serving their sentence.
Malaysian Prisons Department academic sector head Shamsuddin Mustapha said as of September, 204 or 36.7% of the 556 juvenile delinquents in integrity schools nationwide have been identified with learning difficulties.
“Most of them are categorised as slow learners suffering from mild mental retardation and dyslexia and they fall out of the school system because there is no mechanism to teach them there,” he said, adding that the youngsters tend to drop out and are exposed to negative influences.
Nationwide statistics for 2006 revealed that of 4,798 juvenile delinquents, 1,725 were students.
Shamsuddin said teachers cannot only focus on passing examinations but must help students develop talents, social skills and good attitude.
Shelter Home executive director James Nayagam, who carries out social work among juveniles in prison, said that when a child fares poorly in school, society, including other students and teachers, labels the child “stupid” or “useless”.
“Some were expelled without proper investigation while others dropped out because they did not see a future in studying,” he said, adding that parents and teachers were also unaware of the child’s disorder.
Nayagam said some children also run away from home and are exposed to social ills.
Malaysia needs social workers and psychological analysts, like those in developed countries, to assess children who do not cope in school, he said.
Child and adolescent psychiatrist senior consultant in Kuala Lumpur Dr Toh Chin Lee agrees that early detection and intervention such as special education is vital to keep children with learning disorders away from crime.
Former social welfare assistant director Vijayakumari Pillai, now a member of the Petaling District Juvenile Welfare Committee, said slow learners also come from broken families and deprived environment.
“Children tend to learn faster when there is love and a sense of security,” she said, adding that the committee was training teachers to identify children with disorders.
Kata Pengetua:
Murid yang tercicir daripada sistem persekolahan berpotensi untuk menjadi penjenayah. Penjenayah pula berpotensi untuk menyusahkan kehidupan ahli masyarakat. Selagi masyarakat memberi fokus kepada "A", sekolah akan memenuhi kehendak tersebut. Murid yang lemah dari segi akademik akan ketinggalan / tidak mendapat apa-apa hasil dari sistem dan akhirnya tercicir. Sepatunya sekolah "cannot only focus on passing examinations but must help students develop talents, social skills and good attitude". Kalau perubahan ini hendak dicapai, ianya harus bermula dengan dasar tertentu, program khusus dan petunjuk / signal yang jelas. Sehingga itu, setiap kita akan menanggung bersama apa yang kita buat untuk generasi masa depan kita. Jenayah terus bertambah apabila cawangan-cawangan tertentu yang seharusnya menangani masalah ini sibuk dengan PATI dan penagih dadah (yang terlalu ramai dan makin bertambah).
1 comment:
The first is that they need extra time to complete tasks. This means that the parents must be willing to augment what happens at school regardless of how fruitless it might appear at times. Secondly, the child must be offered incentives that are appropriate. Depending on the child the best incentives are those where the family works together on a project such as building a model or attending a concert or game.
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