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Project on the Promotion of Social Participation of Persons With Disabilities Meeting on Campaign of Awareness Raising Among Teachers and Students ( CARATS). A STAR PROJECT Venue: District Secretariat hall Abbottabad Dated: Nov. 16 th , 2009. Agenda of today’s meeting.
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Project on the Promotion of Social Participation of Persons With DisabilitiesMeeting on Campaign of Awareness Raising Among Teachers and Students(CARATS) A STAR PROJECT Venue: District Secretariat hall Abbottabad Dated: Nov. 16th, 2009
Agenda of today’s meeting • Information Sharing about A STAR Project • Purpose of the Project • Activities of the Project • CARATS: Campaign of Awareness Rising Among Teachers And Students • Situation in Abbottabad • Mr. Nasir’s experience • Situation in Japan • Ms. Safia’s experience • Pakistan Govt. Policy • Ms. Maria’s experience • Mr. Hafiz’s experience • Discussion Point
Information Sharing about A STAR Project • Purpose of the Project. • Activities of the Project.
National day celebration at Special Education Centre (Aug 14th, 2009)
Campaign of Awareness Rising Among Teachers And Students (CARATS) • Background, Situation and Problem • Situation in Abbottabad • Mr. Nasir’s experience • Situation in Japan • Ms. Safia’s experience • Pakistan Govt. Policy • Ms. Maria’s experience • Mr. Hafiz’s experience
Situation in Abbottabad How many children with disabilities in school CWDs in Special School CWDs in Ordinal School Prejudice Non-Disabled People think… Children with Disabilities think…
Situation in Japan Compulsory Education (Law) Mentioned about Children with intellectual disabilities, 1979 Special, but Exclusive Education (Approach) Visually: 71 schools, Hearing: 104 schools, Physically: 197 schools, Intellectually: 543 schools Sickly: 91 schools Total: 1,006 schools Where do CWDs learn? (Situation) Special need education school: 60,000 CWDs (0.56%) Special need class at Special need education school: 45,000 CWDs (0.42%) at Ordinal school: 124,000 CWDs (1.15%)
Government Policy Constitution(1973) Article-37. The state shall: “Promote, with special care, the educational and economic interests of backward classes or areas” Compulsory Education National Ordinance for Compulsory Primary Education(Draft) in Education Sector Reforms, Action Plan 2000-2003 “Only mentioned about sickly children, not CWDs” National Plan of Action(2006), National Policy for PWDs 6. Promoting Inclusive Education for children with Special Education Needs Goal: “Inclusive Educational opportunities are available to large number of children with moderate and mild level disabilities from kindergarten to class 10 in cost effective ways.”
Campaign of Awareness Rising Among Teachers And Students (CARATS) • Purpose • To promote the inclusive education • Activity 1. To make a program and plan of campaign in collaboration with ten schools, selected both in public and private sectors. 2. To implement the preparatory campaign of awareness raising among children and students at ten selected schools. 3. To revise a program and plan of campaign 4. To extend the campaign to other schools 17
Discussion Points School visit programme on Nov. & Dec., 2009