What is the importance of Remedial teaching?  How does it make a difference in life?

As we all know that education does not only help to empower people but also shape them in the way it requires. Education also helps a person to find his path, thinking, actions and reactions to let the process of teaching-learning run smoothly without much difficulty. 

In simple language, it can be said that it is adopted to remove the weakness and difficulties of students in the specific subject matter. Through diagnostic tests, the issues related to any topic can be dealt with easily. So it can be understood in a way that a diagnostic test is only a means of finding out the weakness of students and the reasons as well. 

Education not only helps to empower people but also shapes them in the way it requires  It can also help a person to find the path and his thinking, actions and reactions let the process keep going without much difficulty.  

Education, however, has its disadvantages too. Sometimes it has been noticed that most of the time, the children who are brought up in poor surroundings never get the same opportunities as the kids who are grown up in an affluent neighbourhood. It is believed that everyone deserves a second chance in education. 

This remedial teaching success can be achieved by removing the weakness and problems of students. 

According to Yoakum and Simpson “Remedial teaching logically follows diagnostic teaching.”

According to Mr Millan. co ( 1956) ( Diagnostic & Remedial Teaching New York.) 

"Remedial Teaching Is concerned with two types of deficiencies, the presence of bad habits and the absence of good habits.”

Functions of Remedial Teaching -: these functions are part of remedial teaching-

• To understand the difficulties of students.

• To help the poor students in keeping pace with other students.

• To avoid wastage in education programs.

•To uplift the standard of mathematics teaching.

• To prepare effective strategies for mathematics.

•Main objectives of remedial teaching:

•It is improved the weakness of students.

•Personal and group discussions are provided to know the issues of students.

•Teaching learning flaws and disadvantages are avoided

•To provide the appropriate direction.

• To change the undesirable attitude into a desirable one.

"Remedial teaching has its purpose of the development of effective techniques for the correction of errors in all types of learning”. Yoakum and Simpson.

Remedial teaching is a kind of bliss for those who have the desire to learn and this process drives them to the land of opportunities The remediation classes help to build their skills differently. It helps them to learn about the values and the importance of communication also.

Procedures of Remedial Teaching -:

• The first thing is that poor students should be identified in subject achievement tests, school marks personal observation of teachers and the technique of interviews.

•In the second step diagnostic tests in specific areas of spelling, reading, grammar etc are administered to know the difficulties and reasons as well.

•Remedial instructions also play a role.

•Strategy is the most important part of remedial teaching because after diagnostic tests strategies should be made to remove learning issues. It provides ideas to deal with the issues. 

Precautions for the Remedial Teaching-:

• Front seats should be provided to the weak students.

•Even after the class individual counselling should be delivered to help the students better learn.

•The topic should be elaborated on in a way that students can think about it themselves. AmpAmple opportunities should be given to the students for reasoning and being logical.

•The students ought to be made familiar with those concepts, principles, and activities which is related to their errors in the subject matter.

 Remedial education becomes the core of the education system for those who wish to continue their education after dropping out of school for some or other reason this process opens a path as the last hope to get back and start things, because those who are interested and deserve as well, the remedial education is always there to help them.