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066 - Inclusive Education in Burundi, Handicap International, Burundi
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ONTACT
Handicap International
Burundi
Ms. Catherine Gillet
www.handicap-international.org+257 22 24 25 53
dp@hif-burundi.orgO
VERALL GOAL
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MISSION
The goal of this progamme is to enjusre that all children in Burundi with disabilities have access to education through
the development of a national policy of inclusive education.
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HE SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED
This project advocates for the academic inclusion of children with disabilities in regiular classes, whatever their
disability, and offers a child-centred methodology. When enrolling, the director must welcome these children under the
best conditions, and discuss with them and their parents their difficulties and capacities. Teachers must take into
account the specific types of deficiencies and abilities of these children when organizing their class, preparing their
lectures, and evaluating their students. Class must be a place of self-development and learning, free from all sorts of
discrimination.
In order to achieve this, teachers regularly meet with these children and their parents in order to exchange, elaborate,
and evaluate the Individual Educative Plan (IEP) of each child, and to set new learning and socialization goals. Teaching is
no longer considered as an official programme that has to be finished by the end of the year, but instead focuses on the
childrens‘ evolution by adapting to their needs and their capacity to learn and socialize
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OUNTRY IN WHICH IT WAS DEVELOPED
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Burundi
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OUNTRY
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COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT IS OPERATING
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Burundi
F
ACTS ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE
1)
National final exams for primary schools have been translated into braille and the time for these exams is longer for
visually impaired students.
2)
An « Inclusive Education » budget line was created in 2012 (approx. 10,638 €) by the Ministry of Education to be
used to purchase specific materials, translate books into Braille, and for the training of teachers. This annual budget
was increased in 2014–2015 and is now approximately 141,000 €.
3)
712 children with disabilities were enrolled in partner primary schools in 2011. By the end of 2014, there were 1,253
children in these same schools.