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Downsizing school, a method‘to optimize special education’
    2019-05-27  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

IN response to some parents’ recent doubts about Yuanping Special School’s decision to cut down the enrollment numbers for vision-impaired and hearing-impaired students, the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau said the move was to make room so the school can provide high school courses for students.

According to previous coverage in the Southern Metropolis Daily, starting this year, Yuanping Special School will stop recruiting handicapped children with vision and hearing disabilities, which have drawn complaints from many parents.

The bureau responded by saying the decision was made to help the school, which is governed directly by the bureau, transform into a high school for special education where students who have completed their compulsory education can take high school courses. The special education schools distributed across the city’s districts and new areas will provide an adequate number of seats for young handicapped students.

According to the bureau, Yuanping Special School is the only municipal-level special school in Shenzhen and had been accepting more students than its capacity allowed for years. The new strategy will help to optimize and balance the city’s special education resources by introducing more district-level schools.

Currently, handicapped children are provided four ways of receiving compulsory education: joining ordinary schools, attending special classes at ordinary schools, going to special schools or receiving lessons at home from special education teachers.

The last approach is for children with severe disabilities. The education bureau has pledged to increase investment in sending qualified special education teachers to such students’ homes.

All of the districts and new areas in Shenzhen are currently building more special education schools, said the bureau. The special education schools in Nanshan and Pingshan districts will open their doors this fall.

(Zhang Qian)

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