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Specialised training for teaching the disabled


The Education Ministry plans to introduce specialised training so that teachers will be qualified to teach and deal with those with specific disabilities.
Dr Haniz Ibrahim (picture), planning and research director at the Education Ministry's Special Education Department, said currently the teachers are trained on very general terms.
"They are trained to teach those with Down Syndrome and other learning disabilities, but it's not specific.
"Now we want to train them on specific areas so they would understand the different types of disabilities," he said.
Speaking to reporters after the launch of a seminar organised by the Bar Council, he said the ministry was currently training 200 teachers to become experts in specific disabilities.