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University of Ruhuna ISSN: 2706-0063
Matara, Sri Lanka

said that the students with SEN can learn with peers. Peer assistance,

motivation and co-operation with other students are very important. The
second category focused on the human rights related to students with SEN.

The teachers believed that the students should not be discriminated or

labelled. The administrators should support the class teachers when teaching
students with SEN.

Some teachers pointed out that the students with SEN were dominated by
the students without SEN in the regular classroom. The class teachers had a

great role to play in order to teach the students with SEN within the regular
classroom. The teachers stated that teaching students with SEN within the

regular classroom was more beneficial than separating them into a special

unit. The teachers mentioned that there were many legal facts and laws
regarding inclusive education, but in practise they could not find any active

method or strategy.

Suggestions Made by the Teachers

• The principal and the administrators should be supportive.

• Parental support should be increased.

• New strategies should be introduced by the administrators to
work with SEN students.

• The size of the class should be considerably declined.

• The effectiveness of teaching students with SEN within the
regular classroom needs to be emphasised.

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