Sight Savers Zambia will spend
over K240 million on the training of 16 teachers specialized to teach Children
with Special Needs in community school.
Sight Savers have partnered with Zambia
Institute of Special Education (ZAMISE) and other stakeholder to facilitate the training of teachers in
special education and deploy them to community schools that have disabled
children.
Sight Savers Regional Government
relations Officer Mutinta Hamoonga disclosed in Lusaka that the two year
course for teachers has been sponsored by the European Union.
Ms. Hamoonga explained that her
organization has picked two candidates each from 8 districts to make a total of
16 who will undergo training and later be bonded to community schools where
they will be expected to be teaching.
Ms. Hamoonga noted that
government and community school in the country have been lacking trained
teachers in special education hence the decision by her organization to take up
the challenge to offer training.
Meanwhile, the Zambia Open
Community School (ZOCS) has started constructing a school of excellence in
Shangombo district in Western province to offer education to children with
disabilities.
ZOCS Executive Director Harriet
Miyato disclosed that so far K50 million has been spent on the project
and a similar amount will be spent from the area member of Parliament.
She said the School of Excellence
will have facilities accommodate children with disabilities who could not be
absorbed in regular schools due to their physical challenges.
She said a similar school was
constructed in Mongu in Western province at a cost of about K100 million.
No comments:
Post a Comment