Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor

The Integrated Special Education Program (PPKI) is a special education program that offers education for pupils with learning disabilities, hearing impairment and sight impairment. The objectives of this paper are to highlight the distribution and the location of schools with PPKI classes in the sta...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Ahmad Suhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin, Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
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spelling iium-591252018-04-18T06:09:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59125/ Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor Mohamed Osman, Mariana Ahmad Suhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin Rabe, Noor Suzilawati L Education (General) The Integrated Special Education Program (PPKI) is a special education program that offers education for pupils with learning disabilities, hearing impairment and sight impairment. The objectives of this paper are to highlight the distribution and the location of schools with PPKI classes in the state of Selangor as well as the number of pupils in PPKI classes according to its classification. Data collected is based on documents and related sources from the Special Education Unit of the State Education Department. All PPKI classes are integrated into mainstream public schools; however, not all mainstream public schools offer PPKI classes, which results in the difference in the number of mainstream public schools and public schools with PPKI. There are 209 PPKI schools inclusive of both primary and secondary schools in the state of Selangor. The findings reveal that the three types of PPKI classes are not evenly distributed throughout the districts. PPKI schools are also not as well located as mainstream schools because there is no defined suitable location for Special Education facilities unlike the school location guidelines for primary and secondary mainstream schools. American Scientific Publishers 2017-07-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59125/1/5%20EDITED%20Distribution%20of%20Special%20Education%20Programs%20in%20Mainstream%20Schools%20in%20Selangor%20%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59125/8/59125_Distribution%20of%20Special%20Education_scopus.pdf Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Ahmad Suhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin and Rabe, Noor Suzilawati (2017) Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7). pp. 6064-6067. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/asl/2017/00000023/00000007/art00010 10.1166/asl.2017.9206
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Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Ahmad Suhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin
Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor
description The Integrated Special Education Program (PPKI) is a special education program that offers education for pupils with learning disabilities, hearing impairment and sight impairment. The objectives of this paper are to highlight the distribution and the location of schools with PPKI classes in the state of Selangor as well as the number of pupils in PPKI classes according to its classification. Data collected is based on documents and related sources from the Special Education Unit of the State Education Department. All PPKI classes are integrated into mainstream public schools; however, not all mainstream public schools offer PPKI classes, which results in the difference in the number of mainstream public schools and public schools with PPKI. There are 209 PPKI schools inclusive of both primary and secondary schools in the state of Selangor. The findings reveal that the three types of PPKI classes are not evenly distributed throughout the districts. PPKI schools are also not as well located as mainstream schools because there is no defined suitable location for Special Education facilities unlike the school location guidelines for primary and secondary mainstream schools.
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author Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Ahmad Suhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin
Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
author_facet Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Ahmad Suhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin
Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
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title Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor
title_short Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor
title_full Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor
title_fullStr Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in Selangor
title_sort distribution of special education programs in mainstream schools in selangor
publisher American Scientific Publishers
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/59125/
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