Teachers to be trained for children with special needs
Teachers to be trained for children with special needs
Myanmar Times, 08 Sep 2017
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/teachers-be-trained-children-special-needs.html
To improve education prospects for children with intellectual disabilities, Myanmar Special Education Association (MSES) will train nearly 1000 teachers about special needs’ children.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, the University of Wolverhampton (UK) and the charity We Love All Things will cooperate with Myanmar Special Education Association to deliver 13 training sessions for teachers across Myanmar, except in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw.
The training will invite teachers from the social welfare department, the basic education department and CSO, and parents. Each session will welcome 50 to 70 persons. They will take place over three months, and will finish in December.
“We will train the teachers about children with special needs: autism, Down’s syndrome, polio and others. We will talk about how to manage these children through both theoretical and practical approach,” said U L Zau Dim, National Coordinator for Myanmar Special Needs Education Teachers’ Training.
Currently, only 40 public and private schools across the country provide trained teachers for children with special needs. The vast majority of those teachers are located in Yangon and Mandalay.
Over 2.3 million people have some form of disability. According to a 2010 nationwide report from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, 53 percent of people with disabilities do not have access to education while only 2pc hold bachelor’s degrees.
“There are many difficulties for children with intellectual disabilities to access education. One of the main reasons is the lack of understanding in teachers’ method, so we offer to train teachers. Although there are some special schools, most of them are located in Yangon and Mandalay. According to the 2014 Census, there are many children with special needs who are left out in Myanmar,” he added.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, the University of Wolverhampton (UK) and the charity We Love All Things will cooperate with Myanmar Special Education Association to deliver 13 training sessions for teachers across Myanmar, except in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw.
The training will invite teachers from the social welfare department, the basic education department and CSO, and parents. Each session will welcome 50 to 70 persons. They will take place over three months, and will finish in December.
“We will train the teachers about children with special needs: autism, Down’s syndrome, polio and others. We will talk about how to manage these children through both theoretical and practical approach,” said U L Zau Dim, National Coordinator for Myanmar Special Needs Education Teachers’ Training.
Currently, only 40 public and private schools across the country provide trained teachers for children with special needs. The vast majority of those teachers are located in Yangon and Mandalay.
Over 2.3 million people have some form of disability. According to a 2010 nationwide report from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, 53 percent of people with disabilities do not have access to education while only 2pc hold bachelor’s degrees.
“There are many difficulties for children with intellectual disabilities to access education. One of the main reasons is the lack of understanding in teachers’ method, so we offer to train teachers. Although there are some special schools, most of them are located in Yangon and Mandalay. According to the 2014 Census, there are many children with special needs who are left out in Myanmar,” he added.