On the big problem that every school faces is the difficulty to deal with the slow learners. These learners also have an impact on the low result of National Achievement Test. The teachers have their big headache over these children. These pupils cannot cope with the lesson taught as their peers do. Even they want to do homework and class work, they cannot understand the topics and they cannot do complex problems and work very slowly. They lose track of time and cannot tract of time and cannot transfer what they have learned from one task to another well.  They do not easily master skills that are Academic in nature, such as time tables or spelling rules. They have short attention span and poor concentration skills. Slow learners initially want to learn but have a problem with the process. In this case the following statements may help the teachers and administrators to improve the skills of the slow learners. First, Psychological analysis and problem solution – the more and more we think about the child may be his family or friends or his personal condition. If we go for personal questions as a relative of his own, then we can be assured about getting some difficulties for which the child is not reading. Then we, from our level will try to get solution of his problem. Second, guidance from his level – child has a level of his own. Level of understanding is different from one child to another. The weak more often can’t understand the studies because he has not understood the previous formula/ concept in the previous classes. How can he understand the concept of grade five if he has not understood the simple concept of lower grade. That’s why the child should be personally taught from the understanding level. Next encouragement in small success- the greatest factor for success of the life of the of the child is his encouragement. If we try to find out the strengths of the weak child then we come across some of them. If we try to applaud him with encouraging words and give confidence he definitely feels his important and worth. Once the child has grown his confidence means he will definitely improve. The most important cause of his weaknesses is we; the teachers always give importance of good children and neglect the weaker in the class. Encouragement can change the whole personality of a child. Lastly, Self-reading method – most of the weak children are found that they neglect self-reading. They may have the language understanding problem for which they do not take interest to read. If the teacher freely tells the child to come at home or to him in extra time for understanding the key words then little the child will take interest in self – reading. Then definitely improves himself slowly. Some questions can be given time to engage the learners in the habit of have lots of tasks to do aside from teaching. They have lesson plans, instructional materials to be accomplished. Besides lots of reports to be submitted. But the weak children they are handling need special attention that is personally to take up the child’s level in his interest areas- the teacher should observe the child and secretly known the interest area of the child. Even if the child encouragement can be started from the child’s interest areas. When the child builds his confidence in his interest area then we can expand and inspire the same confidence in other areas also.

By: Catherine E. Lopez / T-II / Samal North Elementary School