Education Sector Strategic Plan 2004-2015 - Planipolis

Work Plan 2004/5-200617: Special Needs Education, Counseling and Guidance
intervention Activities Manager I Completion date
2.1.2 Strengthen the primary-level teaching force
Recruit PTC trainees and TDMS trainees to keep pace with class siz
requirements.
e Recruit and appoint SNE teachers the ratio of 1:10 for children with VI,
HI, MR and multiple handicaps.
Increase and strengthen TDMS staff (CCTs) and program. Train and retrain 456 CCTs in special needs, guidance and counselling
and psychosocial support.
Train teachers, headteachers and CCTs in mentoring. i) Train: I) 456 CCTs; ii) 10 teachers per district;
iii) 05 headteachers per distirct in mentoring
Train and employ more teachers, tutors, headteachers, CCTs in
special needs.
Train and employ more teachers, tutors, headteachers, CCTs in
guidance and counselling.
Boost curricula, staffing, facilities, instructions and management in
PTCs in areas of special areas.
Train: I) 05 headteachers per district; ii) 10 teachers per district in
specific areas of special needs, majorly Braille and sign language
teaching;
deploy tutors of SNE in PTCs.
Recruit and
Train: I) 456 CCTs; ii) 05 teachers per district; iii) 10 teachers per
district; in guidance and counselling;
Recruit and deploy guidance and counselling tutors in PTCs.
Provide PTCs with the facilities and equipment;
Monitor and evaluate delivery methods, utilisation of facilities and
equipment and general managemet in PTC;
Modify pre-primary instructional methods in the PTC curriculum to
include special learning needs.
2.1.3 Use pre-primary programs and other measures to prepare children for the intellectual requirements of primary school
Establish and provide support for an early childhood development
policy framework for private pre-primary centres.
SN/GC, ESC, MoFPED,
MoPS
December 2007
SN/GC, TE December 2007
SN/GC, TE December 2007
SN/GC, TE
SN/GC, MoPS, ESC,
MoFPED
December 2007
SN/GC, TC, ESC December 2007
SN/GC, TE, NCDC December 2007
Provide technical support. SN/GC, Primary December 2007
Advocate for the rights and needs of students with special needs. Develop and procure materials for SNE in ECD. SN/GC, IMU December 2007
Use mass media and other low-cost interventions to help families
prepare children.
Organise radio/TV talk shows;
Publish leaflets, brochures etc.
Write articles in newspapers in the relevant local languages.
Strengthen individual counselling. Train ECD teachers/caregivers in child counselling and care;
Develop materials for child counselling and care;
Develop leaflets, brochures etc for teachers/caregivers and
housemothers.
SN/GC December 2007
SN/GC, Primary December 2007