Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Additional time is one of the special arrangements provided to pupils with disabilities as they started national primary leaving examinations on Monday, July 17, according to the National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA). The exams end on Wednesday, July 19.<\/p>\nThe 304 boys and 257 girls with disabilities \u2013 among the more than 200,000 primary school children who started national primary leaving examinations \u2013 have an extra hour during exams, unlike in the past when they sat for two hours like their other colleagues with no disabilities.<\/p>\n
The Director General of NESA, Bernard Bahati, told The New Times that \u201cthis academic year, a new guideline was introduced to ensure that children with disabilities are given an extra hour\u201d to do their exams.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is because their speed might be slow due to the disabilities,\u201d he noted. Bahati also noted that a number of schools with special needs and inclusive education programmes were turned into examination centres for children with disabilities so as to ease things for the kids during exams.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese schools already have facilities that facilitate children with disabilities. We have teachers specialized in special needs and inclusive education who helped in preparing the exams and have to supervise the exams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Each candidate, he said, is supported depending on their particular disability.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are others doing exams together with other candidates in different centres but with special support. For instance, pupils who can\u2019t read small letters were given exam copies with big letters,\u201d Bahati said.<\/p>\n
There are 1,099 examination centres in 3,644 schools countrywide with the exams scheduled according to a timetable set by NESA.<\/p>\n
Special needs education policy<\/p>\n
There are more than 400,000 persons with visual impairment in the country, including 2, 236 students in all levels of education.<\/p>\n
In February, the Rwanda Union of the Blind (RUB) urged the Ministry of Education and NESA to enforce and monitor the implementation of the special needs and inclusive education policy.<\/p>\n
This was one of the key recommendations listed in a research study \u2013 conducted in 19 out of Rwanda\u2019s 30 districts \u2013 on existing innovative assistive technology (AT) and UDL-based materials facilitating access to learning targeting learners with disabilities in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
The National Union of Disability Organisations in Rwanda (NUDOR) on July 14 launched a new campaign calling for more support for school children with disabilities.<\/p>\n
The campaign dubbed \u201cRing the Bell,\u201d according to Eugene Twagirimana, the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programme coordinator at NUDOR, aims to create awareness about the challenges still hampering access to education for pupils and students with disabilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome school infrastructures are still inaccessible. The teaching and learning materials are still not easily accessible and affordable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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