LAHORE Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has launched a pilot project of inclusive education to help rehabilitate the children with minor disabilities through education. This project is being launched in collaboration with Special Education Department in Lahore, Multan, Vehari, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal districts. According to a handout issued on Thursday, for this purpose, a four-day training of PEF’s master trainers has been completed in the Directorate of Staff Development (DSD) on Thursday. These master trainers will then train the teachers of partners schools attached with this programme so that they could impart best quality education to their special students. The certificate giving ceremony was held at the DSD Auditorium with Secretary Special Education Ambreen Raza in the chair. She appreciated the inclusive education project and said special students have many intrinsic talents to exhibit. She hoped this project will educate and train such students to live as normal human beings. MD PEF Ali Jan Khan said PEF will monthly pay Rs. 950 for each special student to the schools attached with this project. PEF will pay Rs.40,000 to each inclusive school partner for the provision of necessary facilities for their special students. He further said that 42 new master trainers will be recruited while the Continuous Professional Development Programme is being revamped adding the services of the DSD will be beneficial for capacity building purposes. Honorarium will be paid to PEF’s subject specialists while revision in their salary structure will also be approved by the BOD, he added. Project Director DSD Saeed Ramzan also spoke and said teachers' training module on inclusive education has been designed which will help teachers to understand the latest educational concepts. Later, provincial Special Education Secretary Ambreen Raza distributed certificates among participants.
