BDC constructs classroom for disabled

TONOTA: For decades, children with disabilities at Tonota Primary School have not had user-friendly facilities.

But this came to an end on Saturday when the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) gave the school a new state-of-the-art special education classroom worth P1.57 million.The single classroom block was specifically designed to accommodate the needs of the 51 children with pronounced disabilities at the school.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, the Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Keletso Rakhudu said that private companies should engage in charitable aspirations that will help those born with disabilities access education to augment the government's efforts of providing education for all.

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