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five additional students per year. In Kara, they began in 2013. In Dapaong, they began in 2011, and between 2011-

2015 the annual number of children followed by Itinerant Teachers grew from 56 to 58 then 68 and now 71

children per year. (A total of 125 children overall)

The Itinerant teachers project is part of a wider project by HI aiming to increase the access to schools for children

with disabilities. E.g. in Kara 63 teachers were trained in 2012 and 108 in 2013, plus 83 education advisors and

stakeholders, and 136 teachers in Dapaong.

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Further in-depth study and analysis of these innovative and cost-effective approaches would aid the government in

implementing sustainable and tested approaches to inclusive education, while promoting the full social participation of

children with disabilities and fostering better livelihood opportunities for children with disabilities and their families. At

the same time, a phased scale up approach can be implemented to continue to pilot the approach in more challenging

areas (i.e. fewer links to specialist schools etc.) The second phase of Togo’s Education Sector Plan from 2014 to 2016

includes Inclusive Education, and there are now three paragraphs, which mention specific clauses linked to Inclusive

Education in the document, which is an important step to future sustainability of the Inclusive Education agenda

without HI involvement.

The ministry has also been involved in validating the Inclusive Education manual, and the braille and sign language

manuals, and this involvement is evidence that they are on board with changing institutional structures within

education. Members from the Ministry have also been involved in the working groups that were set up to help adapt

the national examinations in order to make them accessible for children with disabilities.