BY: KISHANTINI NARANAN

NEEVASHINI SIVAKUMARAN
ANNE SEBESTINA MIACHEL
BHAVANI RAMASAMY
 Special Education programs are designed for
those students who are mentally, physically,
socially and/or emotionally delayed.
A special education in a school is catering for
students who have special educational
needs due to severe learning difficulties,
physical disabilities or behavioural problems.
INTRODUCTION

Services to children with disabilities are the

responsibility of three ministries, the Ministry
of Health, Ministry of Women, Family and
Community Development and the Ministry of
Education.
Education for children is controlled by two
ministries, namely the Ministry of Education
and Ministry of Women, Family and
Community Development.
 Severe physical
disabilities

defects which do not Inhibitory

allow the child to
reasonably
learn in schools
moderate and
provided by the
Ministry of Education severe

multiple
disabilities
 Ministry of Education Malaysia also provides
educational services for students with special
needs who are visually impaired, hearing and
learning, and special remedial students.

Categories of children with learning

disabilities (BP) under the responsibility of the
Ministry of Education are as follows:
 Down
Syndrome

Specific
learning
mild
difficulties
autism
(eg:
dyslexia)

Attention
Minimum Deficit
retardation Hyperactivity
Disorder
Education Regulations (Special Education) 1997
came into operation on 1 January 1998 with the
interpretation as:

Student with special education means

student with vision disabilities, hearing
disability and learning disabilities.
 a program which is held in a special school
for students with vision disabilities or hearing
disability;
an integrated program which is held in
normal school for students with vision
disabilities, hearing disability or learning
disabilities; and
an inclusive education program where
students with special needs are present in a
class together with normal students.
 For government and government aided schools,
students with special needs who are eligible to
be educated are qualified to attend Special
Education Programme.

A student with special needs is an individual who

is eligible to be educated and have the ability to
manage themselves without the assistant of
people and has been certified by a panel which
consists of medical officer, officer of the Ministry
of Education and officer of Society Welfare
Department.
 adapt and adopt the methodology and
techniques of teaching and learning
allocation of time
arrangement of activities
subjects and teaching materials to achieve
the goals of special education.
 Education Regulations (Special Education ) 1997
are specially made to safeguard the
implementation of democratisation of education
in our national education system whereby all
citizen can access to education regardless their
physical condition and background.

The regulations will be improvised continuously

especially the amendment of Education
Regulations (Special Education ) 2013 which has
been announced on the 18 July 2013 and came
into operation in all government and government
aided school that implement special education in
Malaysia.