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is practically non-existent. Any scheme for abnormal children
should provide for the accommodation of these children. They
should be kept under observation, re-examined at frequent
intervals, and gradually drafted out either to the ordinary schools
when the special training has produced its effect on their slow, but
normal, minds, or else to the class of definitely defective children.
In this connection it is to be noted that the name of any
special school is of considerable importance. Parents often raise
the most vehement objections to their children attending a school
to which they consider a stigma is attached, such as a "School
for Mentally Defectives." It is always wise to refer to it as an
"Observation School," or a "Special School," or some other
non-committal term, and it is also a help in a small area, if other
cases such as deaf or physically defective children are housed in
the same building.
Classes for very backward or mentally defective children
should be kept small, so that the Teacher can give more individual
attention, and the syllabus should contain provision for a great
deal of handwork. A specially trained Teacher is essential.

One other child attends a Certified School for Mentally
Defectives.
Provision needed for... 88 children.
Roll No. 9,449 = .9 % of defective and backward children.
.26 % mentally defective only.