"Published in 2001, the white paper for inclusive education is yet to be passed into law, leaving disabled learners without access to schools and with little legal recourse."
"The education needs of children with impairments are neglected, despite an existing framework to remedy this. This lack of attention to children with additional needs worries many parents desperate for more inclusive schools.
“My biggest frustration with the Department of Basic Education is inclusive education, not just admission,” says Kgomotso Mmalegae Moalusi, 40, mother to autistic twin boys Lesedi and Lethabo Moalusi, 10.
Moalusi, who is also a member of her children’s school governing body, says inclusion means that children’s needs, talents and impairments are the foundation of the syllabus. She wants the curriculum at schools for disabled children to empower pupils to learn science – or just something other than wood or needlework."
By: Zandile Bangani
17 May 2022
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