Malawi makes inclusive education headway

By Jimmy Chazama: Malawi is reported to have made progress in ensuring inclusive education, with the enrolment of learners with disabilities in primary schools rising to 6 percent from 4 percent. Director of Inclusive Education and School Health and Nutrition, Virginia Kachigunda, said the gains were encouraging. She said this in Lilongwe Monday during the launch of Realising Inclusive and Safe Education Project. Link Community Development Malawi has launched the initiative. "We are bringing more learners with disabilities into schools. "That said, we need more teachers. Specialist teachers are fewer than the demand requires. We also have gaps in learning materials such as sight and hearing gadgets," Kachigunda said. The organisation has, with support from the Scottish Government, been distributing assistive devices, including wheelchairs, tricycles, eyeglasses and orthosis to schools. Lilongwe East District Inclusive Education Coordinator, Veronica Mkandawire, welcomed the support. "[That said], we still need more help, like large print books and more specialist teachers," Mkandawire said. Link Community Development Malawi Head of Programmes, Innocent Ng'oma, said their goal was to strengthen the education system and ensure that learners were fully involved. "Our goal is to ensure that learners are learning, participating, and influencing the environment in which they are learning," Ng'oma said. The project, which has reached 20 schools in Dedza and Lilongwe districts, is also establishing 20 resource rooms in targeted schools to support learners with diverse needs. In total, the project is targeting 117 schools across Lilongwe Urban, Lilongwe Rural East, Lilongwe Rural west and Dedza.

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WIRE — By Jimmy Chazama: Malawi is reported to have made progress in ensuring inclusive education, with the enrolment of learners with disabilities in primary schools rising to 6 percent from 4 percent. Director of Inclusive Education and School Health and Nutrition, Virginia Kachigunda, said the gains were encouraging. She said this in Lilongwe Monday during the launch of Realising Inclusive and Safe Education Project. Link Community Development Malawi has launched the initiative. "We are bringing more learners with disabilities into schools. "That said, we need more teachers. Specialist teachers are fewer than the demand requires. We also have gaps in learning materials such as sight and hearing gadgets," Kachigunda said. The organisation has, with support from the Scottish Government, been distributing assistive devices, including wheelchairs, tricycles, eyeglasses and orthosis to schools. Lilongwe East District Inclusive Education Coordinator, Veronica Mkandawire, welcomed the support. "[That said], we still need more help, like large print books and more specialist teachers," Mkandawire said. Link Community Development Malawi Head of Programmes, Innocent Ng'oma, said their goal was to strengthen the education system and ensure that learners were fully involved. "Our goal is to ensure that learners are learning, participating, and influencing the environment in which they are learning," Ng'oma said. The project, which has reached 20 schools in Dedza and Lilongwe districts, is also establishing 20 resource rooms in targeted schools to support learners with diverse needs. In total, the project is targeting 117 schools across Lilongwe Urban, Lilongwe Rural East, Lilongwe Rural west and Dedza.

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