PdPR poses bigger challenge for single mothers with special child

BATU

KAWAN: Homebased teaching and learning (PdPR) sessions during the Covid-19 pandemic poses a bigger challenge for single mothers, especially those with children who are persons with disabilities (PwD).

Nadterah Abu Bakar, 36, a single mother with two children, including a 14-yearold girl with growth disorder and an epileptic, said the need to have high level of patience because the children are slow learners.

“This is because teaching them is not like the way to teach a normal child, and it becomes more challenging when you have other children to attend to, like in my case, I have another child, who is five-years-old, though she is a normal child,” she the woman when met by reporters here yesterday.

She was met at a Ziarah Cakna Kasih Sayangi Anakku programme for 28 students under the Integrated Special Education Programme (PPKI) held at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Bakau near here.

The students were given the PdPR module and other controbutions.

She said the module would make it easier for her to teach her daughter.

“The module is easy to follow, just follow the steps, it guides you to the correct way of teaching,” said Nadterah, who used to sell re-cycled clothings.

Another single mother, Irma Taman, 51, regarded the learning module prepared by the school for special students as very appropriate to avoid the children from dropping out of school.

“The special children are not easy to handle. It is difficult to control them and to get their cooperation,” she added.

Meanwhile, the school’s headmaster, Shuhaimi Abd Hamid said the module was prepared to facilitate parents and guardians of the special students to monitor the development of their children’s education during the PdPR session.

“Besides online sessions, there are also offline lessons, because the locations where the students reside do not have good Internet access,” he added. - Bernama