By Mavis Paintsil, Accra
The Conference of Heads of Special Schools (COHESS) has appealed to the government to invest more in special schools as part of its support to the country’s inclusive education policy.
It said, although the country had made progress in embracing inclusive education, special schools remained essential for providing specialised care,intervention, and skills development for learners with special needs.
The appeal was made at the 42nd Annual Workshop of COHESS, held at the GNAT Hall in Accra yesterday, on the theme: “Inclusive education in Ghana: the role of special schools.
A former Dean of the Faculty of Education Studies at the University of Education, Winneba, Professor Samuel Kwaku Hayford, outlined worrying gaps in the country’s special education landscape, revealing that hundreds of children with various forms of disability remained out of school due to the lack of infrastructure and support services.
Prof. Hayford said there were more than 17,000 children with severe communication impairments, and over 28,000 children with intellectual disabilities were currently not in school.
The Director of the Special Education Division of GES, Helena Mensah, said the government remained committed to transforming and strengthening special schools to support inclusive education delivery.
She said that “special schools are not being replaced, they are being repositioned” as centres of excellence for assessment, support, and skills development.
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