Special Education Program makes strides in Holguín, Cuba
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The incorporation of more than 1,000 students to general education stands out among the achievements of the Special Education program in the province of Holguín, founded in the country at the initiative of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz on January 4, 1962 and designed to improve the quality of life of infants.
This province is home to 25 centers for children with intellectual, hearing, physical-motor and visual disabilities who take part in comprehensive projects designed to help them join Cuba’s economic and social life.
Some 100 children who live in mountain and remote communities or have been admitted in hospitals because of a chronic disease also benefit from the work of visiting teachers as part of a program designed to adjust the syllabus to practical activities taught in homes or health care centers, according to local methodologist Yamila Garrido in statements to ACN.
“There they have rehabilitation sessions as they learn basic subjects and manual skills and take part in cultural and sports activities adapted to their specific needs,” she added.
As one of the achievements of the Revolution with great impact on the protection of children’s rights, the Special Education Program is also intended to provide as complete a formation as the student is capable of assimilating for his or her full social integration.
Before the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959, there were only eight schools with 20 teachers for 100 children in Cuba. Today, we have 344 of these centers with more than 32,000 students and 14,000 teachers, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.
