West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

114Educational QualificationTraining takenHS Gradua tion Post Gradua tion MR VH VI HI02 28 06 17 04 05 105.55% 77.77% 16.66% 47.22% 11.11% 13.88% 27.77%It would be evident from the above that most of the specialeducators are graduates and only 16.66 per cent are postgraduates. Despite different categories of disabled childrencontinuing their education in schools, 47.22 per cent of the specialeducator were trained in Monthly Retardation. No action wastaken to train them in other categories viz. Vision……(VH), VisionImpaired (VI), Hearing Impaired (HI) etc., so as to ensure specialsupport to teachers and children properly.Records also revealed that 36 special educator submitted 205school visit reports in each month in 2007-08. It was noticed thatonly 58.33 per cent of special educators observed the class roomtransactions and teaching learning process in schools.The study team observed that there was no provision ofattendance by special educators working in the CLRCS. The fieldwork and family counseling work was being done by sucheducators without any consultation with CPC. Hence CPCs werenot fully clear about the performance of special educators’activities.