Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1801 to 1810 of 1925.

• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: In order to identify the number of children with disabilities, the Ministry has already initiated a national survey, which will determine the actual numbers and percentages of children with disabilities. That will in turn provide for planning educational intervention programmes for children with special needs. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The Ministry has taken the following measures to address these issues:- view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (i) beef up support for special needs education learners by giving extra financial support to the tune of Kshs1.86 billion since 2003; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (ii) strengthened the capacities of assessment centres in the districts for early identification, assessment and placement of learners with disabilities; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (iii) established more special schools and special units throughout the country; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (iv) improvement of school environment to be disability friendly, and posted special education teachers in readiness for inclusive education; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (v) enhanced the capacity of the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) to train more teachers, both under the residential and in-service training programmes; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (vi) introduced new courses at KISE, for example in deafness blindness and autism; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (vii) KISE has been running certificate and diploma courses for teachers in special needs education to ensure that all the primary schools have a specially trained teacher to handle students with learning disabilities by 2015. So far, 11,500 special teachers have been trained; view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (viii) developed sign language as an optional examinable subject in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Examinations, and; view