The Ministry of Education (MoE) has adopted special interventions to make sure that children living with disabilities can access quality education like their peers without disabilities.
The Director Special Needs Education Fred Haga made the remarks on the official closing ceremony for the Term (1) one games for learners with special needs (SNE) in Nakuru yesterday.
Haga said the ministry places a lot of emphasis on these learners in all its programmes.
He noted that co-curricular activities are critical to the development and education of all learners, especially those with special needs, due to its therapeutic nature that fosters learning of other skills like teamwork.
“CBC sports is a clearly identified pathway and we would like to give learners the opportunity to develop their different skills and talents and represent this country even at the international level,” said Haga.
Some of the things that the ministry does to make sure that these children are in school include enhanced funding separate from what their peers without disabilities get.
The leadership of the ministry has expanded the school feeding programme to include all the special schools and also special units which have a boarding wing.
Haga said some of the challenges faced during the week-long sports action were beyond human control, including the unfavourable rainy weather conditions.
He affirmed that any other challenges faced are a learning lesson and will be dealt with at relevant levels for special needs learners to enjoy and participate in sports.
John Opiyo, the coordinator primary school special needs sports, noted that the term one activities were wonderful and learners will go home happy because they enjoyed it.
“The successful activities, good participation and interactions in the conclusion of the games will mark the planning for the next phase for ball games, which are scheduled for Kericho in August,” said Opiyo.
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