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MDANTSANE Centre for the Deaf recently opened a daycare facility at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital.
Presently, the Masiphakame for the Deaf Daycare Centre looks after six children from the Mdantsane area.
Ntombizodwa Mdingi, the administration assistant for DEAFSA, an association for deaf societies in South Africa, said the centre will take care of kids between the ages of three and five. There is no charge for parents.
Masiphakame also plans to open a primary school for the deaf in Mdantsane.
“We want to form a formal primary school that these kids can attend in their own home area . This will mean they can afford to go to school and go back home daily, which will mean less of a cost for parents,” Mdingi said.
“We have been approached by a lot of parents, asking us to open a place for the kids in Mdantsane,” she added.
Department of Education spokesperson Loyiso Pulumani said the placement of special needs pupils was handled internally by the department’s district offices.
“Many of our special needs schools have boarding facilities which allow students from further afield to access such facilities,” said Pulumani.
He added that the budget granted by the department to the special needs sector was much higher than for conventional schools. This was done in order to cater for the 24hour care that pupils within these institutions require, as well as to provide for proper transport to and from these schools.
MDANTSANE Centre for the Deaf recently opened a daycare facility at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital.
Presently, the Masiphakame for the Deaf Daycare Centre looks after six children from the Mdantsane area.
Ntombizodwa Mdingi, the administration assistant for DEAFSA, an association for deaf societies in South Africa, said the centre will take care of kids between the ages of three and five. There is no charge for parents.
Masiphakame also plans to open a primary school for the deaf in Mdantsane.
“We want to form a formal primary school that these kids can attend in their own home area . This will mean they can afford to go to school and go back home daily, which will mean less of a cost for parents,” Mdingi said.
“We have been approached by a lot of parents, asking us to open a place for the kids in Mdantsane,” she added.
Department of Education spokesperson Loyiso Pulumani said the placement of special needs pupils was handled internally by the department’s district offices.
“Many of our special needs schools have boarding facilities which allow students from further afield to access such facilities,” said Pulumani.
He added that the budget granted by the department to the special needs sector was much higher than for conventional schools. This was done in order to cater for the 24hour care that pupils within these institutions require, as well as to provide for proper transport to and from these schools.