Santa Cruz Basic School to be renovated to facilitate Special Education Centre
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The Ministry of Education through a partnership with the Digicel Foundation is set to renovate the Santa Cruz Basic School in St Elizabeth, to facilitate a Special Education Centre.
The school will be renovated to facilitate the project which includes the establishment of three classrooms, administrative offices, an assessment room, a kitchen, students and staff bathrooms, a storeroom and ramped access.
Fayval Williams, The Minister of Education who was speaking at the signing ceremony on Tuesday (January 11) noted that she is pleased with the continued support from the Digicel Foundation and outlined that the ministry’s aims to ensure that no child is left behind.
“We are particularly pleased for this added support in the area of special education, as we know that families in several areas in Jamaica need this kind of institutional support as they seek to provide an education for their children,” she noted.
Williams further outlined that the Special Education Unit will work closely with the teaching and administrative staff at the centre ensure students are provided with the necessary learning opportunities.
Jodi-Ann McFarlane, Senior Operations Manager at the Digicel Foundation said that the project is expected to impact 804 students who are in need of special education support.
“This project is also expected to impact 804 students with special needs who reside in the parish of St. Elizabeth and have been identified as students in need of special education intervention and support,” she said.
McFarlane also outlined that the Digicel Foundation has renovated 19 special needs schools and trained more than 746 teachers and parents in literacy and caregiving.
The Special Education Centre will be used as a transitional programme for students between the ages of six and 16 who have mild to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities.
–Jamaica Information Service
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