Ekiti Government Trains 103 Special Schools Teachers And Caregivers.

Ekiti Government Trains 103 Special Schools Teachers And Caregivers.

103 teachers and caregivers of the three special schools for persons living with disabilities in Ekiti State have benefitted from Governor Biodun Oyebanji administration’s capacity development program aimed at ensuring that children with special needs are safe and properly cared for.

Speaking in Ado Ekiti, at the opening ceremony of the 2-day training programme, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Education and Social Inclusion, Mrs. Adetoun Agboola said that the focus is to guarantee that the social and emotional needs of people living with disabilities are met and supported, and that they have the required supports necessary for them to reach their true academic potential.

Mrs. Agboola reiterated the commitment of the present administration to human capital development adding that government’s intervention in the affairs of people with disabilities is to engender inclusiveness in governance.

“We have started empowering teachers and caregivers that work with students living with disabilities in the three special schools in Ekiti. They include students with disabilities in the School for the deaf and Dumb, Ikoro Ekiti, School for the Blind, Ikere Ekiti and the School for the Physically Challenged in Ido Ekiti. Kudos to Governor Oyebanji who has also funded the mission to carry out group therapy sessions for students with disabilities with the goal of making them independent and self-sufficient”, she said.

Agboola highlighted interventions of Governor Oyebanji for Special Schools to include upgrade of physical infrastructures, provision of beddings, instructional materials, alternative formats of textbooks and other instructional materials. 

She added that various additional special educational materials had arrive the State and would soon be distributed to the school as part of the efforts to provide a conducive teaching and learning environment in the schools. 

Stressing that access to education including accommodation and feeding at the Special schools is free of charge, the Governor’s Special Adviser said the State Government has “great vision for the children”.

She therefore advised parents and guardians of children living with disabilities to take advantage of the facilities provided by the State Government that will adequately cater for their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs free of charge.

The training programme was attended by the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Peju Babafemi, Commissioner for Education, Dr. Bimpe Aderiye who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Folakemi Olomojobi and the Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun amongst other top government functionaries.