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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Equipment to be used by special needs learners will soon be centrally purchased by the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said the ministry is working on the formula to initiate the plan.<\/p>\n

Magoha was speaking at Muhuri Muchiri, where he commissioned a Competency Based Curriculum classroom on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the money that we allow schools to buy the equipment for themselves, should be given to a central unit,\u201d the CS said.<\/p>\n

He added that school management in Special Needs Education Services (SNEs) will now pick the required equipment from the centralised place.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that we are sure that those equipment are bought and taken to schools,\u201d Magoha said.<\/p>\n

He also addressed the state of preparation in SNEs to admit Grade 7 learners.<\/p>\n

Magoha said SNEs are being treated “specially” and promised to commission a few classes in that sector, soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not duly worried, maybe you are worried because you have not seen me going to open classes there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are ways and means in which we check special needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with the Star on Monday, Nalondo CBM Special National Secondary School principal Walter Kwanusu criticised the ministry for failing to build CBC classrooms for special schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am wondering how Cabinet Secretary George Magoha wants me to admit CBC students here without a single classroom, I want him to ensure we get some extra classrooms before admission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said, currently, teachers need ample time to cover the syllabus because of the interruption of the school calendar.<\/p>\n

Ignatius Aghan said a normal scientific calculator costs around Sh1,500 but a talking calculator for the visually impaired costs from Sh30, 000 to Sh60,000.<\/p>\n

Aghan, who is visually impaired, said the talking calculators have to be imported.<\/p>\n

He was speaking during the launch of a report by Sightsavers Kenya, which collected the experiences of youths with disabilities.<\/p>\n

A number of them called on the government to subsidise the cost of their learning materials, which are costly.<\/p>\n

\u201cA braille is equivalent to a pen. A pen costs Sh15 but a braille machine costs around Sh80,000. So the gap is unprecedented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Aghan urged stakeholders to implement the use of orbit readers that will be used not only in school, but in the workplace.<\/p>\n

(edited by Amol Awuor)<\/p>\n

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