March 28, 2006
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Mother: Relax exam rules for autistic son
[As if to underscore the perplexing state of education in the country, here's an email sent to Malaysiakini, dated 28 March].
After failing to
receive a reply from the Education Ministry, the mother of an autistic
student has turned to the media to get the attention of the
authorities.She made an appeal to Education Minister
Hishamuddin Hussein to allow her son Yuri Azzari to sit for the PMR
examination in stages over two years.Che An Abdul Ghani said the relaxation of the rule would enable her son to sit for four subjects in 2006 and the rest in 2007.
She
said Yuri Azzari suffered from autism, a condition characterised by
abnormal mental activity, and could not take the whole examination at
one sitting.The appeal was made after she consulted her son's
teacher in the special class at the Putrajaya Secondary School at
Precinct 11 (1) and the views of a psychiatrist."My son lacks focus, is hyperactive, and cannot focus on his studies at school or his revision at home," she told Bernama.
"This
is not a question of postponement (in sitting the examination). This is
a question of the boy's inability to sit for the examination. I know he
cannot do it even if he takes five years to study," she said.Asked
why she was making the request through the media, Che An said she had
failed to get any result through other means including approaching the
Special Education Department last January.She also did not receive a reply to the letter which she sent to the education minister's office on March 19.
Che
An also asked the ministry to review its system on providing education
to problematic children because the children are required to sit
examinations together with normal children.According to the
report, during the interview with his mother, Yuri, 16, who is
physically normal, was engrossed in singing without heeding the
presence of the reporter in his house.
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