The Vice President of Ghana Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says he will prioritize special education if he is voted into power again.

He stated that he aims to reduce the burden on Ghanaian parents in accessing education for their wards.

Regarding this, he said, he would supervise the recruitment and training of at least, 1,000 more special education teachers to be trained in language, speech therapy, occupational and behavioural therapy.

He talked about the commitment when he made donations to some schools for special education at a ceremony in Akropong in the Eastern Region last Friday. The Vice-President donated laptops to visually challenged teachers at the Ghana Education Service (GES) and handed over Information and Communications Technology (ICT) laboratories to the Akropong School for the Blind and the Wa Methodist School for the Blind.

EDUCATION SYSTEM WITH ICT INCLUSION

Dr Bawumia says the initiative was part of a broader strategy to integrate ICT into the education system of the country to make learning more interactive, engaging and accessible for all students.