Malawi: Sign Language Should Be Taught in Schools - Stakeholders

Nsanje — Stakeholders have called upon government to include sign language in teaching curriculum to benefit more people and reduce the problem of Special Needs Teachers especially in the area of hearing impairment facing the country.

The Malawi National Association of the Deaf (Manad) project coordinator, Juliana Mwase, in an interview said most of the deaf school going children are not in an environment where they can learn and be responsible citizens in the future owing to inadequate individuals having skills in sign languages.

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