Government eyes schooling 70% of disabled children

    Ms. Skalli told a press briefing held on the sidelines of the 6th national festival of children with special needs organized here on March 28-30, the government strategy aims to hoist this rate, in the first phase, to 45% in 2009 up from 40% now.

    She added that her ministry has inked an agreement with the ministry of education to provide 200 classrooms each year with the required pedagogical tools.

    On the program of the social development ministry on reducing poverty, Skalli said 16 center for fighting begging will be set up by 2012, adding the program also plans the qualification of 2,000 associations, the training of 10,000 association members and the creation of 800 social support and solidarity centers.

    The 6th edition of the festival of children with special needs was marked by the signing of five partnership conventions with associations operating in the field of underprivileged disabled children.

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