Namibia: Special Needs for Special Children

15 February 2013
opinion

IN Namibia we define special education or special needs education as the education of students/learners with special needs in a way that addresses their unique individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process in the Namibian education sector should involve a systematic and monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment(s) and materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners or students with special needs achieve higher levels of personal self-sufficiency and success in a school and community than would be available if the student(s) or leaner(s) were only given access to typical or regular classroom education.

In Namibia common special needs currently include challenges with learning, communication, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and developmental disorders. Children with disabilities in Namibia indeed benefit to a lesser extent from additional educational services such as different approaches to teaching, use of technology, a specifically adapted teaching area, or resource room, thanks to the late Dr Abraham Iyambo's philosophy of inclusive education for all Namibians.

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