Inclusive education should not erase special needs schools, Govt told
Stakeholders in Uganda are urging the government to maintain specialized schools for students with special needs despite a new push for inclusive education. Critics argue that mainstreaming students without adequate support systems leads to higher dropout rates and fails to meet the needs of those with severe disabilities.
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The debate highlights the tension between the ideal of inclusive education and the practical necessity of specialized resources for vulnerable student populations.
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | As the Ministry of Education and Sports moves towards promoting inclusive education, stakeholders are warning that the shift should not result in the complete disappearance of specialised schools for learners with special needs. John Okea, the Tororo District Chairperson, is among those raising concerns over the proposed approach.
He says special needs schools remain essential and that rushing to phase them out could create serious problems. “We might lose the gains. If children who had been supported in a specialised environment are placed into ordinary classrooms without the same level of support, or even much higher, a number of them drop out somewhere in between,” he said.
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