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How people with disabilities were treated

Few people if any spared a thought for them. They were previously un-served and nobody saw anything untoward and so the injustice of relegating them into the background in so far educational opportunities were concerned was perpetrated for a very long time with impunity.

This is how people with disabilities were treated in the old dispensation. The old order has long past paving the way to a new breath of fresh air. Much to the glee of the inclusive movement, Botswana has been born again and has since joined the rest of the world in the crusade of integrating the formerly historically marginalised section of humanity into the mainstream society.

The goal is restoration of fundamental human rights to people living with disability people including the right to education. Disability of one kind or another can no longer stand as justification for denial of certain basic inalienable rights. Continuing implementation of the inclusive education policy is bringing closer the goal of education for all by providing educational opportunities fit for the 21st century for previously un-served people living with disability learners. That in our jurisdiction issues of disability are coordinated in the Office of the President is one indication of the high premium the country is placing on the subject of inclusivity and integration.

Editor's Comment
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