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INCLUSIVE FORUM HELD IN GHANA OCTOBER 7TH, 8TH 9TH OCTOBER 2009
The Ghana Education Service in collaboration with the Communication Learning Difficulties and Counselling Centre (COLEDIC) with support from USAID organised a 3-Day Forum on Inclusive Education
at the Ghana Education Staff Development Institute (GESDI) Ajumako, Central Region.
We invited organizations working in the field of education, special needs and health to participate in this forum.
The forum was organised because of the urgent need for better co-ordination and co-operation between different organizations and government institutions.
The first day was informative in character and provided information to Special needs professionals about Inclusive education. In the afternoon participants chose between different
lectures given by subject specialist to upgrade their knowledge.
The second day, Thursday 8th October, 2009, was used to identify and discuss issues concerning inclusive education and health care in small working groups.
Examples of topics discussed were issues relating to the assessment of children with special needs, early intervention, training of teachers, curriculum, attitudes towards children with
disabilities and parental and maternal care.
During the third day, Friday 9th October, 2009, the identified issues from the working groups were used to develop a plan for the future of Inclusive Education for the next 10-15 years.
This plan will be used by the Ghana Education Service for the development of their programmes.
For further information please contact us on:
email: forumges 2009 @ hotmail.com
Tel: 021-231469
Mob: 0540-957618/0244-878667/0244-264892/024-9180868
BBC World Class: UK and Ghana Schools promote inclusion
"It's very difficult for children from special schools to go abroad, some of these children don't go beyond Haringey," says Margaret Sumner Head Teacher of William C Harvey,"so we have to give them the experience here at home." Read the whole article
In September 2008, four Ghanaian teachers visited the UK on a Curriculum Project Grant, funded by the British Coucil.
Two special schools in Ghana are linked with two special schools in the UK. They have been sharing curriculum initiatives and teaching strategies for three years. This relationship has made a huge impact on all schools.
Watch the film, 'From Accra to Ghana', to hear what the Ghanaian teachers thought about their visit
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