Seminar for teachers of special schools, competitions for students held

Rahmania School for Mentally Handicapped in association with the Association for the Welfare of Handicapped, the Parents Association of Intellectually Disabled, and a host of other organisations organised a quiz for mentally challenged students and a seminar for teachers of special schools here on Tuesday as part of the National Day for the Mentally Retarded observance.

As many as 52 teams from 26 schools across north Kerala took part in the quiz. The team from Emma’s Villa, Wayanad, consisting of Nimisha Banu and Sanil, emerged the winners.

Winners

The team from Love shore, Pannikkode, comprising Mohammed Mubarak and Faseela, and team from Pratheeksha, Mampatta, represented by Vipin and Adarsh, won the second and third prizes respectively.

The team from Manovikas School, Edarikkode, Malappuram, represented by Kabeer and Faisal, bagged the fourth prize.

Media person Y. Irshad was the quizmaster.

The seminar for special school teachers was inaugurated by Deputy Director of Education, Kozhikode, Gireesh Cholayil.

State Secretary of the National Convention of the Educators of Deaf, Kerala, V.K. Abdul Kareem, and Director of the Institute of Research in Learning Disability of Mahatma Gandhi University K. Muhammed Mustafa spoke on the subject ‘Effective Educational Practices in mental retardation.’

Exhibition

An exhibition of handicraft products made by the students of the Rahmania school was organised.

Various events, including painting and work experience competitions for students, were held on December 4 as part of National Day for the Mentally Retarded, which is observed on December 8.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / by Staff Reporter /  Kozhikode – December 10th, 2014