Special needs centres grossly under-resourced

The Botswana Society for Human Development (BSHD) had convened a speech and communication disorder forum convened by at the University of Botswana over the weekend. Authorities at the Community Resource Centre say this has escalated costs of special education as well as accentuated complexities in dealing with conditions that could have been easily managed had diagnosis and intervention been availed earlier.

Worst still, Duduetsang Moroka, an official from the centre was worried that as the curricula gets complicated, late interventions for special needs learners further compound their comprehension, and consequently disabling them to complete their studies compared to their counterparts in mainstream education.