The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional qualifications or credentials from a university or college. These professional qualifications may include the study of pedagogy, the science of teaching. Teachers, like other …
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WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES
15% of any population worldwide are people with disabilities of which half are women and girls.1 Due to their gender and disability and various identities, women and girls with disabilities often experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. Poverty, conflict, fewer opportunities to participate in decisionmaking processes, and a lack of access to services such as health, education and employment, …
Educating Children with disability
A recent study by the Kenya Ministry of Education, Science and Technology found that in the country there were more children with disabilities (CWDs) out of school than those without disabilities. Besides, resources and structures in many schools are not adequate and relevant for learners with disabilities. In regard to this, the ratios of special needs teachers to learners were …
Secondary Schooling
A secondary school, often referred to as a high school or a senior high school, is a school which provides secondary education, between the ages of 11 to 19 depending on location, after primary school and before higher education.