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Partially Deaf Pupils.
These are children whose hearing is so defective that they
require for their education special arrangements or facilities, but
not all the educational methods used for deaf pupils. They usually
do learn speech in a normal fashion, with or without hearing aids.
There was one boy notified as Partially Deaf in 1950.
There are three- children at Residential School for the Partially
Deaf, and two awaiting admission. There are six children at Day
Partially Deaf Schools, and one now awaiting admission. Two
have been awaiting admission for over eighteen months. One child
has just recently been ascertained (in 1951).
Blind.
These are children who are blind, or whose sight is so defective
that they cannot be educated by methods involving the use of
sight.
No child was ascertained as blind in 1950.
Three children attend Residential Schools for the Blind.
Partially Sighted.
These are children who cannot follow the ordinary curriculum
without detriment to their sight or to their educational development,
but can be educated by methods involving the use of sight.
One boy was so ascertained during 1950, and is attending a
Partially Sighted School. No other pupils are in this category at
present.
In 1950 no children were ascertained under any of the other
categories mentioned. Three children are at present in Residential
Epileptic Schools.
Section 57, Education Act, 1944.
Under Subsection 3 of this section of the Education Act
children found to be ineducable have to be notified to the Mental
Welfare Authority. In 1950 three boys and three girls were notified
as being incapable of education in the Special School.
Under Subsection 5 of Section 57 children who require superision
by the Mental Welfare Authority have to be notified. Seven
boys and two girls were so recommended in 1950.