The Ministry of Education and Higher Education confirmed that the private schools have their own distance learning programmes for all students, including students with disabilities, in order to ensure the educational process and services access, reports The Peninsula Qatar.
The Ministry added that educational videos in sign language had been produced for students with hearing disabilities, which is downloaded daily to the application/Microsoft Teams/under the supervision of their teachers and sign language specialists, noting the great response and interaction of students and their parents, and said that these lessons are broadcast daily on Qatar educational channels to ensure that students have access to them.
It mentioned that it was also taken into consideration that students of the 3rd level of support (students with intellectual disabilities and those with autism accompanying other disorders) have their right to education by providing lessons registered daily through their teachers, based on their individual plans with the inclusion of training and skills that the student is required to accomplish under the supervision of guardian, where significant cooperation and interaction has been monitored from students with the help and support of their parents, who have been keen on reaching their children for lessons and accomplishing the daily duties required of them in the form of training and skills, applied by student in the presence of guardian to ensure that student keeps the skills and information that were worked on in the school and not to forget them.
The Ministry pointed out that educational materials were provided to students with disabilities according to the level and type of disability, and the educational material includes educational activities, videos, and guidance for parents.
