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    "speaker_name": "Mr Julius Migos Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. There are 378 integrated primary Special Needs Education (SNE) schools in the country, with an enrolment of 40,282 learners. There are also 2,514 special primary schools with an enrolment of 77,283 learners. There are 81 secondary SNE schools with a total enrolment of 7,183 learners. There are 155 junior school SNE institutions with an enrolment of 3,443 learners. We also have 112 pre- vocational SNE institutions with a total enrolment of 2,067 learners. Hon. Speaker, the Teachers Service Commission deploys teachers to SNE schools based on the ratio of teachers to pupils, the type of disability, and the level of disability. Accordingly, pursuant to that classification of disability under the Sector Policy of Learners and Trainees with Disabilities, 2018, the pupil-teacher ratio for various categories of SNE is as follows: 1. The mentally handicapped have a teacher-student ratio of 1:10. 2. Mentally handicapped that is severe, has a teacher-student ratio of 1:4. 3. Autism has a teacher-learner ratio of 1:4. 4. Physically handicapped has a teacher-learner ratio of 1:15. 5. Cerebral palsy has a teacher-learner ratio of 1:4. 6. Hearing impaired has a teacher-learner ratio of 1:12. 7. Visually impaired has a teacher-learner ratio of 1:15. 8. The deaf-blind have a teacher-learner ratio of 1:1. To address the current teacher shortage in special schools and units, the TSC has employed the following measures: 1. It has deployed 5,363 qualified teachers from regular schools to special schools and units in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years in four phases as follows: (a) Phase one was done in May 2024 and 1,763 teachers were deployed. (b) Phase two was done in September 2024 where 1,200 teachers were deployed. (c) Phase three was done in January 2025, which is intended to deploy 1,200 teachers. (d) Phase four was done in June 2025, where we intend to deploy another 1,200 teachers. Notably, the TSC has completed the deployment of teachers in phase one and two and will commence the deployment of phase three and four in January. Currently, the TSC is in the process of recruiting 344 SNE teacher interns who will be handling learners with special needs; namely, cerebral palsy, hearing impaired, visually impaired and physically impaired. I submit."
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