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Ms Yasmin Abdirahman Hassan, the Director of Hargeysa’s only school for deaf children has appealed to the Somaliland government, the local business community and international aid organizations to urgently consider providing financial and material assistance to their school.
Ms. Hassan, who was speaking on Thursday at a graduation ceremony held for 12 pupils who completed a computer skills course, said the school needed help in providing vocational skills training, educational tools, and meeting teachers’ salaries and running costs.
91 children, including 38 girls, are currently enrolled in the Hargeysa School for Deaf Children which was established in 2001. Pupils are taught in sign-language which they learn at the school itself. The education offered is based on the curriculum of the Somaliland Ministry of Education. The first batch of students is now in the 6 th grade. But according to Yasmin Hassan, once these students reach grade 8, the plan is to enable them participate in the MoE’s examinations for intermediate school leaving certificate.
So far, the school has barely been able to survive on income from token fees paid by the pupils and the fact that most of the staff, including the school’s 8 teachers, have been working as volunteers.
“We have reached a stage where we can no longer carry on this project with our meager resources. We need urgent help to be able to continue offering special educational and vocational skills to our deaf children and their parents,” said Yasmin A. Hassan
Pointing out their priorities, the school’s director said, “We need funds so that we can pay our teachers and retain them. Getting enough computers and educational tools, as well as equipment and material for vocational training, is also a top priority for us at the moment.”
At Thursday’s ceremony, 12 deaf children were awarded graduation certificates after completing a course on computer skills at the school.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ali Abdi Odowa, the Director General of the Ministry of Education said that his ministry will try its best to assist Hargeysa’s school for deaf children.
“At the MoE we pay full attention to children with special needs, whether they are physically handicapped or with hearing problems,” the MoE’s director general said.
Mohamed Isaak Elmi, the marketing manager of Somaliland’s telecommunication giant Telesom, distributed gifts donated by his company to the graduates of the computer literacy program.
In a brief statement he made on the occasion, Mr. Isaak called upon Somaliland’s business community to contribute their share of ‘the resources that the school for the deaf needs so badly’.
The school’s director intends also to approach, through the Somaliland ministry of Planning, international organizations operating in Somaliland for assistance.
She concluded by saying, “it is important that aid agencies help us in terms of expertise, funds and equipment.”
Ms Yasmin Abdirahman Hassan, the Director of Hargeysa’s only school for deaf children has appealed to the Somaliland government, the local business community and international aid organizations to urgently consider providing financial and material assistance to their school.
Ms. Hassan, who was speaking on Thursday at a graduation ceremony held for 12 pupils who completed a computer skills course, said the school needed help in providing vocational skills training, educational tools, and meeting teachers’ salaries and running costs.
91 children, including 38 girls, are currently enrolled in the Hargeysa School for Deaf Children which was established in 2001. Pupils are taught in sign-language which they learn at the school itself. The education offered is based on the curriculum of the Somaliland Ministry of Education. The first batch of students is now in the 6 th grade. But according to Yasmin Hassan, once these students reach grade 8, the plan is to enable them participate in the MoE’s examinations for intermediate school leaving certificate.
So far, the school has barely been able to survive on income from token fees paid by the pupils and the fact that most of the staff, including the school’s 8 teachers, have been working as volunteers.
“We have reached a stage where we can no longer carry on this project with our meager resources. We need urgent help to be able to continue offering special educational and vocational skills to our deaf children and their parents,” said Yasmin A. Hassan
Pointing out their priorities, the school’s director said, “We need funds so that we can pay our teachers and retain them. Getting enough computers and educational tools, as well as equipment and material for vocational training, is also a top priority for us at the moment.”
At Thursday’s ceremony, 12 deaf children were awarded graduation certificates after completing a course on computer skills at the school.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ali Abdi Odowa, the Director General of the Ministry of Education said that his ministry will try its best to assist Hargeysa’s school for deaf children.
“At the MoE we pay full attention to children with special needs, whether they are physically handicapped or with hearing problems,” the MoE’s director general said.
Mohamed Isaak Elmi, the marketing manager of Somaliland’s telecommunication giant Telesom, distributed gifts donated by his company to the graduates of the computer literacy program.
In a brief statement he made on the occasion, Mr. Isaak called upon Somaliland’s business community to contribute their share of ‘the resources that the school for the deaf needs so badly’.
The school’s director intends also to approach, through the Somaliland ministry of Planning, international organizations operating in Somaliland for assistance.
She concluded by saying, “it is important that aid agencies help us in terms of expertise, funds and equipment.”