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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
"A FEW HUNDRED HANDICAPPED SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
ARE STILL
NOT
'AND ALTHOUGH SEX EDUCATION IS NOW TAUGHT EVEN IN FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, WE ARE SEEING SEXUAL ABUSE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN TO THE POINT OF PREGNANCY, MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN ARE LURED INTO SELLING SEX FOR
THE
OF
SCHOOLS SEVERELY MILDLY
AND MONEY.
"LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT FAMILY COURTS TO INCLUDE PRECEDING CONCILIATION
OF MEETINGS IN DIVORCE MATTERS INVOLVING CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN'S BENEFIT IS STILL KEENLY
BEING AWAITED," DR IP SAID AS SHE CITED AREAS THAT
IMPROVEMENT.
NEEDED
ON EDUCATION. DR IP REGRETTED THAT THE MAJORITY KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS WERE STILL UNQUALIFIED AND WERE FAILING MAXIMISE THE FULL INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL THIS MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD OF A CHILD'S LIFE.
OF CHILDREN
OF
TO
AT
BESIDES, KINDGARTEN PREMISES LACKED SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY SO AS TO MAXIMISE THEIR PHYSICAL GROWTH POTENTIAL, PRIMARY THOUGH WITH REASONABLE
SCHOOLS, SPACE, FAILED TO ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME PHYSICAL EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THEIR BISESSIONAL STATUS.
WAS
FOR
IN ADDITION, THE PHYSICAL GROWTH OF OUR CHILDREN BY THE NEED TO CARRY
RETARDED BAGS OF SCHOOL BOOKS ON THEIR BACKS WHILE BISESSIONAL SCHOOLS OFTEN SUBJECTED DEVELOPING CHILDREN TO MISSING BREAKFAST OR EATING IT HURRIEDLY WITHOUT REST IN ORDER TO GET то SCHOOL ON TIME AND NOT TO HAVE LUNCH UNTIL AFTER TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
ALL THESE MATTERS WERE DETRIMENTAL TO THE NORMAL HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, DR IP POINTED OUT.
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN HIGHLIGHTED BY DR IP WAS A FAILURE TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN BETWEEN ONE TO FOUR YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS ALSO ALARMED THAT ROAD ACCIDENTS INVOLVING UNDER 15 WERE ON THE RISE AND THAT THE ACT OF LEAVING UNATTENDED AT HOME HAD RESULTED IN INJURIES OR DEATH.
CHILDREN CHILDREN
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