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September 02, 2011
Visually impaired students included-Fiji
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
Timoci Vula
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Fiji Times
FIJI'S education ministry is working with non-government organisations (NGOs) such as the Fiji Society for the Blind to ensure children with disability are not deprived of better education.
In a Ministry of Information statement, the ministry said for this year alone, it had successfully integrated 176 special education students into mainstream schools, a handful of whom were from the Fiji School for the Blind.
Fiji School for the Blind acting head teacher Makereta Musukasau said 11 students had been integrated into various primary and secondary schools.
"We've got two Form Four students at DAV Girls College, one Form Six student too at DAV Girls College and two Form Five students at DAV College," Ms Musukasau said in the statement.
"We also have a class five student at the Tagaqe District School in Nadroga, a Form Three student at John Wesley College, a Form Seven student at Dudley High School and two students integrated into the Fiji National University," she said.
Ms Musukasau said it was important that parents sent their children with special needs to school on time so they could be integrated into regular schools when the time was right.
Government has allowed visually-impaired students to be integrated into regular schools to provide them the same opportunities and educational experiences as those provided for children with normal eye sight.
"It is also to allow blind children and their families, neighbours, and friends to interact socially in normal situations. Development of the right educational environment will make integration of blind
children a reality," Mrs Musukasau added.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=179289
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