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40. Recommendation: The Education Ministry should support schools to

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enable them to provide mainstreaming or inclusive education to children
with disabilities in an efficient manner. The support should include

additional budget or funding for making necessary adjustments to the

physical environment to make it accessible to students with disabilities

and for hiring more staff; training of teachers to enhance their knowledge

about children with disabilities and methods of teaching appropriate with

each type and severity of disability; the development of guidelines for

preparing an individual educational plan that corresponds with the specific

needs of each student as well as appropriate testing and evaluation

methodology appropriate for students with different types of disability.

The government should allocate extra budget to the Education Ministry to

enable it to provide accessible and quality education to children with

disabilities. Moreover, the Education Ministry should collect statistical data

on the number of students with disabilities who are admitted and have

completed schools disaggregated by levels of education and types of

disability for use in the planning for education of persons with disabilities.

41. Recommendation: The Education Ministry should develop a system to

direct children with disabilities who have completed secondary education

to receive vocational or entrepreneurial training. The Non-formal and

Informal Education Promotion Office should be responsible for such

3 According to the Education Ministry, “mainstreaming education” means an arrangement for children with disabilities to
study in normal schools so that they can learn and participate in some activities together with other children. Such activities
include studying in the same class as other children on certain subject matters, the studying in tutorial classes, the studying
in music and physical education classes, and participation in extra-curricular activities such as girl and boy scouts. “Inclusive
education” means an arrangement for children with disabilities to study with other children on all subject matters and
participate in all activities without distinction based on disabilities. For this form of education, teachers have to adjust their
teaching methods and provide for educational materials and facilities as well as testing and evaluation methods appropriate
for students with disabilities.