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Special Education Opportunities in Kenya
There are a total of 97 institutions in Kenya that provide specialized education. The ministry of Education through Kenya Integrated Education Program is encouraging integrating children with disabilities into ordinary school rather than having special schools for them. This way they can interact with other children and those without disabilities can learn to accept them.
Here is information about institutions that offer special education in Kenya:
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Special Secondary Schools
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No.
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Visually Impaired
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1
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Physically Handicapped
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3
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Hearing Impaired
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3
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TOTAL
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7
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Technical/Vocational Institutes
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4
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Resource Centre for Blind
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1
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Schools with Special Units
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1100
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Educational Assessment & Resource Centers (EARC)
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73
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Provincial Assessment & Resource workshops
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7
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District under Kenya Integrated Education Programs
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34
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Educational Assessment & Resource Centers supported by VSO
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10
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Primary Teachers Colleges Integrating Visually Impaired
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2
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Primary Teacher Colleges Integrating Hearing Impaired
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1
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College offering specialized certificate & Diploma Courses
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1
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Universities offering Special Education Degree (undergraduate & Post graduate)
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2
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I don't think it's a good idea to include children with disabilities in ordinary school, in fact I think it's outrageous. I can't think about any good reason for doing that. Children with disabilities usually have trouble staying focused or they have mobility problems, they would only be exposed to an environment that may harm them.
Karen Technical Training Institute for the Deaf (one of the 4 vocational/technical colleges mentioned in this website) is .situated along Karen Road off Ngong Road and Lang'ata Road' It was started in 1990 through Kenya Society for Deaf Children which constructed the buildings before handing them over to the government of Kenya. It offers the following courses in sign language to the hearing impared not just from Kenya but other African countries:
Food and Beverage at Artisan, Craft and Diploma levels
Clothing and Textile Technology " " "
Agriculture " " "
Catering and Accommodation "
House-keepind "
ICT "
Carpentry and Joinary, Electrical Installation, Masonry, Hair and Beauty, Knitting and motor vehicle mechanic are currently offered up to craft level but plans are under way to upgrade these to Diploma level. We hope to be able to offer these courses at degree level in future as our students have nowhere else to go for further studies in the region. No university in the East African Region offers skills in sign language. We have Kenyatta University and KISE which offer degree and Diploma in sign language.
More details can be obtained by the email address given above.
Thank you for providing us with more information about Karen Technical Training Institute for the deaf. Is any more information you would like us to include about special education in Kenya? Thanks.