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RB thanked for first Boarding school for deaf | LusakaTimes.com
Director of HIV/AIDS and Human Rights programmes for the blind Elijah Ngwale has commended President Rupiah Banda for allocating K30billion for building the first ever boarding school for the Deaf which will cater for about 500 pupils from basic school to senior secondary school.
Mr. Ngwale said this was a welcome made by the government to consider the deaf who were facing a lot of challenges to cope up with the ordinary schools .
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the new school should be a centre for excellence for the people who are physically challenged in society.
However Mr. Ngwale also commended the Ministry of Education for training and employing blind persons as teachers in the country adding that Ministry being the biggest government employer of the physical blind has been promoting the like another able persons in key positions as head teachers and lecturer at UNZA
Mr. Ngwale appealed to the ministry to domesticate Act 24 of the convention on rights of persons with disabilities which stipulates that qualified Blind Persons must be employed as teachers .
He appealed to the ministry of Education to also ensure that each blind teacher is provided with Computer Braille equipment and Braille paper to enable teachers effectively work.
During his Presidential address to parliament, Mr Banda reaffirmed governments’ committement to improving the welfare of the physically challenged in the country.
Director of HIV/AIDS and Human Rights programmes for the blind Elijah Ngwale has commended President Rupiah Banda for allocating K30billion for building the first ever boarding school for the Deaf which will cater for about 500 pupils from basic school to senior secondary school.
Mr. Ngwale said this was a welcome made by the government to consider the deaf who were facing a lot of challenges to cope up with the ordinary schools .
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the new school should be a centre for excellence for the people who are physically challenged in society.
However Mr. Ngwale also commended the Ministry of Education for training and employing blind persons as teachers in the country adding that Ministry being the biggest government employer of the physical blind has been promoting the like another able persons in key positions as head teachers and lecturer at UNZA
Mr. Ngwale appealed to the ministry to domesticate Act 24 of the convention on rights of persons with disabilities which stipulates that qualified Blind Persons must be employed as teachers .
He appealed to the ministry of Education to also ensure that each blind teacher is provided with Computer Braille equipment and Braille paper to enable teachers effectively work.
During his Presidential address to parliament, Mr Banda reaffirmed governments’ committement to improving the welfare of the physically challenged in the country.