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Today we are going to talk about
Educational Placement For Students
Let me begin by saying that Educational placement is putting an individual or child into the class in school and that is best for him. In Educational placement, you help the student find his or her proper level within the school and put them in a class according to their abilities. For example, class 1A is for very bright children while 1B is for bright ones and 1C for average children and so on. Now, for you as Teacher or Guidance to know the class that best fit for a child is called Educational Placement.
Educational placement becomes very important when a child is transfers from a school or country that has a different educational system. For instance, a Nigerian family may return to the country from England, it becomes necessary to find out the appropriate level in a Nigerian school to place the child.
Another instance a child may be studying art's subjects but later decided to go for science subject, it then becomes necessary to assess and determined his level of performance in science subjects in order to place him.
When we talk about educational placement, I want you to know that it means helping the child within the school to belong to the appropriate level of school activity. Also, Educational placement is putting the child into the type of school that is best for the child's performance.
For example you have a child who is very good in working with his hands. Instead of sending the child into a senior secondary school, you send such child to a vocational training school where he or she can developed himself.
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THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT
- The new policy of education suggests that students be assisted to go into educational areas that are most in line with their abilities. This means that if a student is doing very well in technical subjects, such a child should be placed in a technical school instead of the secondary school where he or she will not be able to perform well.
- Students may be confused as to which school, college, polytechnic or university they should go for the course they want to study. Placement services at this point of the students decision is highly needed in order to help such a student to know which school, school, college, polytechnic or university best offers the type of course he or she is interested in doing.
SOME BASIC GUIDELINES IN EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT
the person helping the child to be put in a level or school that is appropriate to the child's ability and interest must not use information that are no longer useful. You must have recent information about the schools and about the students abilities and interests.
It should be for everybody in the school. No room for discrimination or
rejection of any form about any particular student.Finally, educational placement services in the school is not the work of a single person. It is the work of everybody in school that comes in contact with the child. Both the teachers, parents, guardians should be involved in the placement of the child. And can be achieved by finding either through the teachers, parents or guardians the information you need concerning the other student, such information will help you do a good educational placement.
In summary
• educational placement is putting a child into the school or level within the school that is best for him.
• It includes streaming and sporting areas in the school
• it is needed because of the new educational policy today.
The principles of educational placement include
• being up to date with useful information.
• every child should be a beneficially.
• it is the responsibility of both the teachers, parents and guardians.
So, for a child or student to be successful academically, he or she needs a proper educational placement.
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