IT training for young people with disabilities
A pioneering scheme will improve information technology access for nearly 500 children with disabilities to enable them to have their specific learning requirements met.
The two-year project, titled “Enhancing access and quality of inclusive education of children with disability through information communication technology”, will benefit youngsters aged 6-15 in Hanoi, HCM City, the northern province of Thai Nguyen and the central province of Quang Binh.
Conducted by the Ministry of Education and Training, the project, which is planned to run until the end of 2014, received financial assistance nearly US$500,000 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
The project's focuses on applying IT to help disabled children with their studies, including software with screen readers for the visually impaired, video lectures for the deaf, and remote learning models for those who cannot go to schools.
The 2009 housing and population census showed that only 66.5 percent of disabled children aged 6-10 go to school. Nearly 30 percent of disabled adults are illiterate whereas the corresponding rate in non-disabled adults is less than 0.5 percent.
Conducted by the Ministry of Education and Training, the project, which is planned to run until the end of 2014, received financial assistance nearly US$500,000 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
The project's focuses on applying IT to help disabled children with their studies, including software with screen readers for the visually impaired, video lectures for the deaf, and remote learning models for those who cannot go to schools.
The 2009 housing and population census showed that only 66.5 percent of disabled children aged 6-10 go to school. Nearly 30 percent of disabled adults are illiterate whereas the corresponding rate in non-disabled adults is less than 0.5 percent.