Treatment of Backwardness (Education of Backward Children)
The following are some of the possible remedial steps for
the solution of the problems of backwardness:
1.
Regular medical check-up and necessary treatment: Where backwardness is a
contribution of physical defects and ill-health, school authorities with the co-operation
of parents and government should take steps for the treatment of such children.
2.
Readjustment in the home and school: Emotionally starved and mentally perturbed
children need proper love, affection and security. Social agencies and government
should come forward to remove the miserable handicaps caused to the children
due to poverty and other social maladies.
3.
Provision of special schools or special classes: Backward children are
segregated from other children and kept in small groups either in special
classes or in special schools. If they are kept with normal students, they
children of their own level. But they will be less conscious of their drawbacks
and they will feel more secure in a group of their own type where there will be
more encouragement and appreciation and less completion.
4.
Provision of special curriculum, methods of teaching and special teachers: The curriculum
for backward children should cover far less ground than the curriculum meant
for the normal children. They require short and simple methods of instruction
based on concrete living experiences with concrete materials.
5.
Special coaching and proper individual attention: It can be given in terms of
more practice, drill, repetition, review, explanation etc.
6.
Provision for co-curricular activities, rich experiences and diversified
courses: When backwardness is due to the lack of interest in school subjects,
they should be motivated by providing rich experiences in the form of various
co-curricular activities.
7.
Rendering guidance service: Lack of guidance in making proper choice for the
selection of courses of instruction and field of work is also considered one of
the contributing factors of backwardness. Proper personal and educational guidance
will help children to succeed in their curricular activities.
8.
Controlling negative environmental factors: The social surrounding and peer
group play a dominant role in coloring one’s interests, attitude of these negative
environmental factors which are responsible for backwardness.
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