Education Sector Strategic Plan 2004-2015 - Planipolis

Work Plan 2004/5—200617: Special Needs Education, Counseling and Guidance
Intervention Activities Manager Completion date
1.1.2 Lower costs to families
Subvention grants to schools with special needs students Direct payment of subvention grants to 50% of children with special SN/GC, MoLG, MoFPED December 2007
educational needs.;
Monitor the utilisation of subvention grants.
1.1.3 Lower social-cultural barriers to learners with special learning needs
Facilitate equitable deployment of SNE teachers/staff to schools Recruit, appoint and deploy SNE teachers in the ration of 1:10 for SN/GC, MoLG December 2007
children with M.R and multiple handicaps;
Monitor the deployment of SNE teachers.
1.1.4 Expand and improve primary school facilities
Construct resource rooms and schools for students with special
needs.
Construction of six (06) special boarding schools;
Monitor for construction of the schools;
Construct ten (10) resource rooms (two selected schools per region).
SN/GC, EPD,
Construction Unit
December 2007
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Make existing facilities accessible by students with special needs. Rehabilitate thirty (30) existing special schools;
SN/GC, EPD,
December 2007
Establish five (05) centres of excellence (one per regional)
Construction Unit
Provide equipment (Braille readers, hearing aids, wheelchairs) to
Procure:
SN/GC, IMU December 2007
students with special nees.
i) Braille materials for 56,000 children;
ii) Hearing aids for 10% of 69,000 children;
iii) Wheel chairs for 4,300 children.
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Reconfigure capitation grants based on school need and student Provide 20% on top of capitation grants to provide support for CWSEN it SN/GC, EPD/ Budget.
characteristics
inclusive schools.
1.2. Increased and equitable participation in a coherent and flexible post-primary system
1.2.1 Make more efficient use of teacher/instructors' and learners' time and other resources
Set minimum standards for entry into post-primary. Review the minimum standards;
Monitor the implementation.
SN/GC, ESA December 2007
Special needs teachers' supports other teachers and pupils in
teaching learning process.
Continuous training of other teachers in inclusive education;
Conduct research on appropriate methodology in inclusive education;
Monitor and supervise inclusive education activities.
Assessment of learners with special needs. Train the assessors of children with special educational needs
(CWSEN); Develop/procure assessment materials;
Construct resource rooms.
Develop materials in relation with special learning needs of learners
with special needs.
Procure:
i) Braille materials for 56,000 children;
ii) Hearing aids for 10% of 69,000 children;
iii) Wheel chairs for 4,300 children.
SN/GC, TE & KYU December 2007
SN/GC, UNEB, ESA,
EPD, IMU, Construction
Unit
December 2007
SN/GC, IMU & KYU December 2007
Provide adequate instructional time on these subjects. Review the curriculum. SN/GC, NCDC December 2007