PPKI - Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi is a supporting system that is offered in selected government schools in Malaysia to assist Special Need students in their education. Have you heard of it?
Well, I haven't until I come across this PPKI signage at SK Batu KL and that's when I started googling for more information. Unfortunately, detailed information is not avail to me from the official website. I gave up searching at some point and started looking out for private institutions such as private schools and homeschools.
After hearing from various resources and of course the fee of private educational centres has becoming a burden now that we are expecting another baby in the family. That's when I asked for some guidance on various educational related FB groups about PPKI classes again.
To my surprise, a satellite city like Penang has better supporting system for such information. Also through the Penang group, I got to know some of the benefits about #OKU card. I will touch on the OKU card application process later.
To enrol your little one into a PPKI class of your selected school, the student needs to hold an OKU card. OKU card is issued to children or adults with challenges. In this case, my girl has learning difficulties (Global Development Delay) which is one of the many challenges listed.
You can follow the usual procedures of applying for three preferred schools from March onwards two years before he or she turns 7 years old.
There are quite a few documents that school needs for each school enrollment. Here is a list which I got it from Jabatan Pendidikan KL for your kind reference.
Here I am also sharing with you the list of schools in KL that offer PPKI classes.
PPKI classes (in my understanding) are classes conducted (in selected government schools) by trained special need teachers who would teach students of various ages based on their progress. However, not all schools are well-staffed with this type of teachers for all subjects. Some PPKI schools may only have such teach for 1 or 2 subjects.
However, what matters to me really is that these teachers are trained to teach and love our special children. The speed of our children' progress should be least of our priority. Don't we just want our children to still enjoying his or her studies? We should celebrate every little milestone in our children life.
Well, good news to parents who think otherwise - in the event if your child does progress fast and he or she may be recommended to the regular classes eventually. So.... don't worry!
