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Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

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Department of Basic Education<br />

➔<br />

The White Paper<br />

requires that this be<br />

remedied through the<br />

design <strong>and</strong> construction<br />

of new buildings <strong>and</strong><br />

renovation of existing<br />

buildings to ensure<br />

physically accessible<br />

<strong>and</strong> supportive school<br />

environments <strong>for</strong><br />

learners with a disability<br />

(DoE 2001).<br />

The National Minimum<br />

Norms <strong>and</strong> St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>for</strong><br />

School Infrastructure vi<br />

makes provision <strong>for</strong><br />

architectural <strong>and</strong> design<br />

norms relating to access<br />

<strong>and</strong> the learning spaces<br />

that must be provided<br />

<strong>for</strong> learners in the<br />

schools that are to be<br />

built <strong>and</strong> renovated over<br />

a 10-year period<br />

(2011–21). These<br />

Norms must be applied<br />

in accordance with<br />

the provisions of the<br />

accompanying National<br />

Policy <strong>for</strong> an Equitable<br />

Provision of an Enabling<br />

School Physical<br />

Teaching <strong>and</strong> Learning<br />

Environment. vii The latter<br />

policy requires that the<br />

Norms be implemented<br />

to give effect to the<br />

dictates of Education<br />

White Paper 6. This<br />

means that full-service<br />

schools (newly built<br />

<strong>and</strong> existing schools) <strong>for</strong><br />

children with physical<br />

<strong>and</strong> other learning<br />

barriers must be<br />

➔<br />

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