Francis Emorut
19 November 2008
Kampala — THE National Curriculum Development Centre (NCC) should design a syllabus that adequately caters for children with disabilities.
If this is implemented the children will be able compete favourably with their peers who are not disabled, an education official has said.
Juliet Tumuhairwe, the head teacher of the Uganda School for the Deaf, said on Tuesday that it was unfair for children with disabilities to sit the same examinations with their colleagues who do not have any disability.
She cited English Language as a subject where deaf pupils perform poorly because of difficulty to interpret using sign language.
"I appeal to the NCC to modify the syllabus to take care of the deaf learners," Tumuhairwe told journalists at a press conference at the school in Ntinda, Kampala.
The school has organised a charity walk code-named; "Silent Walk" on November 29 to create awareness of the plight of the deaf children.
The walk is also meant to raise funds for a vocational centre to be constructed in the school campus.
Tumuhairwe said the centre is expected to offer the children skills in carpentry, computer science, tailoring and home economics and is estimated to cost sh800m.
The walk is scheduled to start at Buganda Road Primary School, go through the city centre and end at the Peoples' Space at Hotel Africana.
Gordon Wavamunno, the proprietor of Spear Motors, is expected to be the chief walker.
The walk is sponsored by Phoenix, National Insurance Corporation, and Capital Radio among other organisations.
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