Lagos — Majority of disable children stay at home or on the streets because schools do not cater for them says a recent research by the Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).

Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu , who was represented by the Director of Basic Education, Hajia Hindatu Abdulahi, at the public presentation of the report on opportunities for inclusive education in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria, said there was need to investigate opportunities to enhance inclusive education in primary and junior secondary schools.

The report he said identified three obstacles to the implementation of inclusive education in secondary schools as inadequate technology, lack of fund and overcrowded classrooms.

It recommended an effective public sensitisation and mobilisation; national policy to ensure consideration on merit of special teachers/support staff and natural staff; as well as appropriate model of implementation, which would be used to prepare a blue print for the country.

Also present at the presentation were the Chairman, Governing Board of the NERDC, Otunba Muyiwa Collins, representatives of the ministry and Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof. Godswill Obioma