Staff Reporter
Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) and Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE) Tuesday signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) to create awareness and devise a plan for Right Based Inclusion of Children with mild and moderate disabilities in Private Educational Institutions.
The signing ceremony was held here at Federal Education Ministry which was also witnessed by Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood and Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Sherin Mazari.
On this occasion, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said this initiative would provide a great relief to the poor parents who were otherwise unable to get their children with mild or moderate disabilities to the doctors for check up and medical treatment.
It will also bar the practice of refusing admission of differently abled children or charging extra fee by the private schools, he added.
This initiative, he said, will also scale up the admission in private schools. While addressing the participants, Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari said “the LoU will help to mainstream the differently abled children with mild symptoms in education and employment sector.
She further said that it is very important for differently abled children to attain education in normal schools which will help them to grow in the society.
This LoU shall serve to define and detail the terms and conditions to include the special children at mainstream so that they may play active role in the society.
Directorate General of Special Education will provide orientation and awareness on Inclusive Education to Heads of Schools and teaching staff from private educational Institutions and also conduct Screening and Assessment of Children with Disabilities, already enrolled in the schools under PEIRA.
