Barriers to Learning and the National
Curriculum Statement
Every
child has the right to access quality education. This is stated as one of the goals of the
Education for All to ensure that everyone, young people and adults can have
equal access to appropriate learning and life-skills programs. In order to achieve these goals hindrances
that have become contributing factors to learning difficulties should be
eradicated. Some of the barriers to
learning include mental, physical, neurological and developmental impairments,
language and communication issues, lack of parental recognition and
involvement, negative attitudes to disabilities and socioeconomic factors.
Children
who have experienced these hindrances in learning should be carefully examined
and addressed appropriately. They should
be accepted in a regular school environment and should be provided with equal
opportunities of learning as regular school children. A complete support from parents, teachers,
peers and other relevant professionals has to be provided as needed by the
children. Factors related to language
and communication have also become a barrier to learning in children. In this case, school management and teachers
should ensure that remediation and supplementary teaching in the language of
teaching is provided. The parents are
also encouraged to practice the school’s language of choice at home. The parents play a very significant as
partners of the school in the learning process of their children, and that
their support should be upheld and strengthen.
Poverty
has also an impact on the learning of the children. An environment that is welcoming, comforting
and supporting should be established to encourage children who have poor
self-image and are socially-withdrawn.
Discrimination is also prevalent towards children with special
needs. Learners should not be
categorized to avoid labeling them and the schools should make all the efforts
to promote awareness understanding diversity in children.
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