Africa-Press – Tanzania. EDUCATION stakeholders have called for promotion of inclusive education in primary schools, to broaden educational opportunities for children with disabilities and marginalized groups so as to realize their full potential.
The call was made on Wednesday during the training to over 47 primary school head teachers from Misungwi District, Mwanza region, Shinyanga district and Shinyanga Municipal Council.
The training was jointly organized by the non-governmental organizations of Sense International Tanzania, ADD International and Leonard Cheshire, aimed at educating the teachers on how best to conduct inclusive education in their learning institutions.
The stakeholders called for application of practices of inclusive education in primary schools, in a bid to create an equal understanding between children with disabilities and those without disabilities.
The training for teachers is part of the Task Order 51 (TO5I) Project, which is jointly run by the Organizations in Mwanza and Shinyanga.
An Expert in inclusive and deaf education, who is also a project Consultant, Dr Ildephonce Mkama, said peer tutoring was among reliable learning techniques to help children with invisible disabilities, mostly deaf and blind as well as mental complications.
The technique is of most importance given the fact that school children do spend more time interacting with each other than their teachers. It is therefore easy for children with disabilities to seek clarifications on what has been taught in class, from their peers, so as to have equal understanding, said Dr Mkama.
He further explained that inclusive education requires teachers to have knowledge over identification of children with disabilities as well as kinds of their special needs.
Among others, the class facilities for children with mental disorders include catch-colour teaching materials, toys, and interaction.
Some tools for children with visual impairments are tactile (touching) communication, braille and ventilated rooms, while those with deafness are in need of, among others, sign language and visual pictures, among others.
Officiating the training, Director of Special Education in the President’ Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Mr Julius Migeha, commended the TO51 project runners.
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