Centers for special education to be set up soon

Source: http://www.interface.edu.pk/students/Nov-09/Islamabad-private-schools-closure.asp#2

Islamabad: Ministry for Special Education has geared up the process of establishing Special Education Centers across the country. Official sources informed on Sunday that currently, the ministry is running its training centers in 42 districts whereas five centers are under-construction and would be completed soon.

"The process of constructing more centres has been initiated in compliance with the orders of President Asif Ali Zardari for setting up special education centres in each district," added the sources.

They said a portion of Special Education Centre Jhang has been completed and started functioning whereas the building would be completed in February 2010. Special Education Centre in Mirpurkhas, Kohat, Hunza and Sibbi would be completed in the near future, they informed.

There is only one centre in Karachi working under the federal ministry, which cannot cater to the needs of its population, they said adding that PC -1 for establishing another centre was approved in 1989 but is yet to be constructed. The news