Education Ministry organises event to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Doha, Qatar: Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) organised an event titled: We re here for them, to mark the International Day of Perso...

Doha, Qatar: Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) organised an event titled: We're here for them, to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities that falls annually on December 3.

Organised by the MoEHE's Department of Nurseries in the presence of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education HE Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, the event highlighted the importance of caring for children with disabilities in their early years, in addition to raising the awareness of nurseries' affiliates of the importance of providing essential care for this segment of children as part of their rights.

In addition, the event stressed the importance of encouraging parents to be aware of the need to provide nurseries and those who take care of children with disabilities with medical reports attested from government agencies in the State of Qatar to be able to take appropriate measures with respect to taking care of kids at nurseries.

The event featured the State of Qatar's experience in educating persons with disabilities, along with the mechanism of identifying kids with learning disabilities, followed by a workshop on the reality of children with disabilities in the State of Qatar's nurseries, social story strategy for behaviour modification, responsibilities of parents toward children with disabilities, in terms of Sharia and social respects, as well as the importance of identifying kids with learning disabilities in primary school classes.