TIMOR-LESTE: Report on the First National Survey of Disability in Timor-Leste’s Primary Schools

"Date: 27/03/2009 Organisation: Plan International - Timor Leste Resource type: Publication (general) http://www.crin.org/docs/disabilitystudytimor.pdf In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Assert, a local disability NGO, Plan Timor-Leste conducted a survey of disability among children in 336 primary schools across all the 13 districts of Timor-Leste in June 2008. The study, Ami Hotu Ba Eskola, revealed that only 1.02 per cent of children with a disability have access to primary education and that the most common disability types are intellectual and physical ones. It also found that more boys than girls with a disability are attending school and that one-third of all disabled students have a moderate or severe disability. The report contains key recommendations along the areas of policy support, pre- and in-service training for teachers, awareness raising on disability in communities and the general public, as well as the need for disability-friendly building codes. Further information See CRIN's news page on disability  More information about children and disability Organisation Contact Details: Plan International - Timor Leste Last updated 27/03/2009 07:17:35" Fonte: Child Rights Information Network