Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
➔
Learners with special
needs must be admitted
to and accommodated at
ordinary schools, where
reasonably practical. iv
All ordinary public
schools must make
their facilities accessible,
as far as is possible,
for the admission of
learners with disabilities.
If the learner cannot
be accommodated at
the school to which
application is made
because of inadequate
facilities to accommodate
the special education
needs of the learner,
then the principal of the
school must apply to
the Head of Department
(HoD) to have the
child accommodated
at another appropriate
school in the province.
The HoD must, before
referring the child to
another school, consult
with the learner’s
parents, educators and
other support personnel
as part of the assessment
of the learner. v
White Paper 6 recognises
that the physical
environment of most
schools is not conducive
to access by learners
with disabilities. For
example, they lack
wheelchair ramps, lifts,
toilets that are suitable
for wheelchair users, etc.
➔
142