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Date: 29th August 2018 This is an open letter to the ministers and ministries of Education, Health and Welfare to outline key gaps in our services for children with disabilities. The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) is a registered coalition of parents, therapists and professionals from a large number of NGOs and agencies working…
Date: 14th May 2018 Against all odds, Malaysia has experienced a peaceful transition of power in line with the will of the people. This is a moment that all Malaysians are proud of. The NECIC (National Early Childhood Intervention Council) would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our new seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia,…
Date: 11 January 2018 In December 2017, the education ministry called for the streaming system in schools to be abolished across the country. In support of the government’s position, NECIC President Dr Wong Woan Yiing and Project Officer Ng Lai Thin explained how three decades’ worth of research favors an inclusive learning environment over an…
Published: 2018 Type: Guidance Toolkit Author: Bahagian Pendidikan Khas, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia This set of guidelines is updated from the 2013 version. It provides guidance for mainstream and special education teachers to implement Program Pendidikan Inklusif (PPI) — Inclusive Education Programme, for children with disabilities in Malaysia. The guidelines are available only in Bahasa Malaysia.…
Date: 29th December 2017 As Paediatricians, Therapists & NGOs working with children we wish to see a fully inclusive education system which welcomes the wide diversity already existing in our society. We wish to see that every learner is given an equal chance and that all children can be provided with the necessary support to…
Published: November 2017 Type: Report Author: UNICEF Malaysia This study was commissioned to gauge the knowledge, attitude and practices, understand community perceptions of disability, and provide an evidence base to inform communication for behaviour and social change that addresses the root causes of stigma and discrimination. Links: Childhood disability in Malaysia – Full report (English,…
Date: 11th May 2017 Organisers of this year’s Borneo International Marathon (BIM), which was held last Sunday in Kota Kinabalu (pic), partnered with UNICEF Malaysia to raise both awareness of disability and acceptance for people with disabilities. The theme for this year’s marathon, #thisability, urged the public to see beyond a child’s disability and to…
Date: 2nd December 2016 The recently concluded National Early Childhood Intervention Conference involved the participation of more than 500 families, professionals, therapists, policy makers and NGOs. Much deliberation was carried out to discuss the needs of children with disabilities and try to chart a way forward. Parents had a lot of deliberations with professionals and…
Date: 7th March 2016 We would like to thank our Deputy Education Minister Datuk P. Kamalanathan for highlighting the needs of special needs children. He is reported as saying “…. the ministry will train mainstream schools teachers, to ensure special education students will also get the same educational opportunities as students at regular schools” (Bernama report, 24th…
Date: 20th April 2015 We, children with special needs, families, NGOs and professionals, had hoped that the National Education Blueprint 2013-2025 would result in better services and a true inclusion for children with disabilities. However the reverse seems to be happening. Teachers and headmasters, obsessed with the Education Ministry’s (MOE) KPIs for achievement, have increasingly…