ANOTHER 8 SCHOOLS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION TO WORK IN 2007 IN
ARMENIA
18-01-2007 16:45:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. It is planned to
introduce inclusive education system in another eight Armenian
schools in 2007, four in Yerevan and four in Tavush region. The
inclusive education system provides special conditions for
organizing teaching of children needing education in
comprehensive schools. Currently six schools of inclusive
education function in Yerevan.
As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Shushan
Matevosian, Responsible Person for Educational Programs of Huysi
Kamurdj NGO engaged in problems of disabled children,
spade-works aimed at introduction of the system are implemented
in these eight schools, with 85 pupils needing special
conditions of education, 32 teachers have already passed
retraining there.
By the way, according to the data of RA Ministry of Labor
and Social Issues, 8300 children aged 18 and below are
registered in the database of disabled, 11.5% out of which are
children below eight years.