15 teachers visit Pusat Ehsan
By P. Marilyn

Visitors watch how a special needs child is guided.

Some 15 non-government schoolteachers paid a visit to Pusat Ehsan yesterday as part of their education course for special needs students.

The 20-week course, run by the Ministry of Education's Special Education Unit, started in April this year.

According to a participant, Angela Mann from the Learning Support Department of JIS, it was a "wonderful, interesting and productive experience" as it provided the teachers with ideas and knowledge on ways to handle the special needs children in class.

The teachers were also required to attend some informative lectures.

The visitors led by Ken Fitzgerald, the Special Education Unit's Educational Psychologist, was welcomed by Pusat Ehsan's Programme Coordinator Jasmine Ahmad and her assistant Harinie Mohammad.

They began their tour by visiting the Sheltered Workshop, where the special needs students made packages for KFC's condiments, before heading to the Work Skill Programme, where the students were given vocational training and taught how to do work.

Other places visited included the School Programme, Handicrafts Unit and Early Intervention Programme.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin