Some government schools offer a program for special needs children called Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI).Â
- Senarai Sekolah Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Senarai Sekolah Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi Kuala Lumpur Indonesia
Dyslexic children attend mainstream classes, except BM and Maths, which is taught separately by dyslexia-trained teachers. Autistic children attend all mainstream classes, but with a teacher’s aide by their side (or so I have been told).
Mentally handicapped, down syndrome, and other more severely disabled children are in separate classes with their own teachers. I see around 4-6 kids per class. They do not join the mainstream kids.
PPKI is practically free and offers some fun stuff that is dubbed as “therapy” (but that I don’t believe is very therapeutic), which includes swimming, bowling, and archery. It’s fun for the kids. They miss the whole day of school. Ayub says he was only allowed to shoot one arrow during archery therapy, which is why I don’t really consider it much therapy. But it’s better than sitting in a classroom staring at the whiteboard all day.
I am a huge fan of government school teachers!
So if you have a special needs child and you want to enroll him or her into government school i.e. sekolah kebangsaan, here are the steps you need to take. There are a lot of them.
As far as I know, it doesn’t matter if the medical report comes from private or government clinics/hospitals, as long as a doctor assesses your child and gives a diagnosis of any special needs. These include: mental handicaps, down syndomes, ADHD, dyslexia, autism, aspergers and so forth.
Make a copy of the report.
With the medical report, head over to Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (Ministry of Welfare/Welfare Department?) to apply for your child’s OKU status. Pass them the medical report, a copy of your child’s MyKid, and passport sized pictures of your child. Your child does not have to be present for this.
This is their HQ location in Putrajaya:
Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat
Aras 6, 9-18
No 55, Persiaran Perdana,
Presint 4,
62100 Putrajaya
Telefon : 03 – 8000 8000
Go here to check JKM branches close to you.
We did ours at the KL branch. It’s a dingy, tiny, non-OKU-friendly office in a hotel. (So not cool government, get your act together, at least make it wheelchair friendly, you’re dealing with special needs people).
Senarai Sekolah Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Your child will receive financial aid from the government for as long as he or she attends Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI) at a government school. Around RM100 a month, though I’m not so sure. Haven’t checked Ayub’s account to see if the money has been deposited for him.
Head to any BSN branch to open an account. Your child must be there.
It takes around 1-3 weeks for the OKU card to be ready. Once it is, go pick it up 🙂
When we did this, we just gave the officer Ayub’s medical report and that was enough to be placed in a government school. However, the officer in charge was a family friend. So just in case, I advise you bring the medical report and the OKU card to the Ministry of Education.
They will place your child in a school that has a PPKI program.
In theory I believe you’re supposed to receive a letter of acceptance from the school or at least a phone call. We received neither. Had to keep following up to see what was happening. A week before school started then the officer sent me a WhatsApp message that included a photo of the letter we were supposed to receive.
Also, I believe you’re supposed to receive a special booklet that will have all your child’s details inside. With this booklet, you have to make copies of the following:
- Your IC
- Your spouse’s IC
- Your child’s MyKid
- Your child’s OKU card
- Your child’s medical report
- Your child’s BSN account details
And then stick all those documents in the proper places in the booklet. You will have to give this booklet to the school.
We did not receive this booklet until Ayub’s teacher gave it to us on the first day of school. She’s the loveliest person ever.
Yes. This is the part that I’m not too sure about because, as I mentioned at the beginning, the head of PPKI in SK TTDI 2 is an incompetent fool.
We brought all of Ayub’s documents to the school. Met with the head. He said ya ya just come of the first day of school. We asked about orientation. No need orientation, he says. We asked what we’re supposed to bring. Just an empty folder he tells us.
We show up on the first day of school with an empty folder. Find out he hasn’t placed Ayub in a class. Tells us it’s our fault for not attending orientation. Puts Ayub in a class with mentally handicapped kids. Thankfully an amazing teacher found Ayub, took him out, put him in the dyslexia class. And then told us every step we had to take to get Ayub properly enrolled. The steps which I have just written out here. Yup, we did everything backwards.
Don’t be like us.
We started this process in November 2015, and finally completed everything sometime in January 2016. Honestly because we had no idea what we were supposed to do.
We removed Ayub from government school five months later and placed in the Dyslexia Association of Malaysia temporarily. Am currently cracking my brain trying to find a new permanent school for him.
To Cikgu Suzuna, you are the best thing to happen to PPKI SK TTDI 2.
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Sajak-sajak ini dihimpunkan khas untuk kanak-kanak istimewa. Sayangilah mereka seadanya. Kasih sayang anda sudah cukup membahagiakan mereka.
Sometimes when she's sleeping
You cannot conceive my isolation, so complete it is at times.
What I give you is so much more valuable - I give you instead opportunities.
I am the child who cannot walk.
Senarai Sekolah Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi Kuala Lumpur Indonesia
When I was young, I'd often say, I'd like to be a mom someday
While playing with my baby doll, I thought that jobs not hard at all
I'd have a baby, maybe two, a girl in pink...a boy in blue
Well I grew up and sure enough,
The baby that was sent to me, was born with disabilities
At first I'm frightened through and through, there's much to learn to care for you
This wasn't in my plans at all, when I was young and played with dolls
Your mind and body were so weak, you might not ever walk or speak
So much special care required, I'm often scared and often tired
As months and years go slowly by, I smile a lot but sometimes cry
To watch you grow and not complain, though you endure your share of pain
Oh, how I'd hold you and I'd pray, that you'd be healed and whole someday
But I knew that was not to be, not physically or mentally
And so I taught you best I could, your progress wasn't very good
But then one day I realized, as I gazed into your loving eyes
That I had learned so much from you, determination...courage too
A love so unconditional, it floods my soul and always will
I'm proud to say I gave you birth, for you're an angel here on earth.
::HEAVEN'S Very Special Child::
His progress may be very slow,
Accomplishments he may not show.
And he'll require extra care
From the folks he meets down there.
He may not run or laugh or play,
His thoughts may seem quite far away,
In many ways he won't adapt,
And he'll be known as handicapped.
So let's be careful where he's sent,
We want his life to be content.
Please GOD, find the parents who
Will do a special job for you.
They will not realize right away
The leading role they're asked to play,
But with this child sent from above
Comes stronger faith and richer love.
And soon they'll know the privilege given
In caring for their gift from Heaven.
Their precious charge, so meek and mild,
Is HEAVEN'S VERY SPECIAL CHILD.
::God’s Special Child::
I’m sending you a special child,
To cherish in my name,
For you to love with all your heart,
And teach him just the same.
For he is not like other babies,
Not will ever be,
But you can love him just the same,
And take care of him for me.
He needs to learn the skills of life,
For that I’ve chosen you,
And with your love to guide him,
I know you’ll see him through.
Don’t try to see the future,
I promise that to none,
Just live each day for all its,
Worth and enjoy my special one.