More and more children with disabilities in regular schools

The number of children with developmental disabilities who attend inclusive schools has been constantly growing over the last four years, but many of them are still excluded, so we must work hard to ensure that every child finds their place in the education system, said the head of the UNICEF representative office in Montenegro. , Benjamin Perks.

At the presentation of the support network for inclusive education, he said that the formation of such a network is necessary, so that teachers can cope with this problem and acquire new skills.

The project included the education of around 120 teachers from eight primary schools in Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Podgorica, Tivat and Herceg Novi.

Director of the Resource Center for Children and Youth Podgorica Zoran Bošković announced that 1.075 children with developmental disabilities are included in the education system.

"With the help of experts from the Resource Center, teachers across Montenegro had the opportunity to learn how to best work with visually impaired and blind students in inclusive classes," Bošković said.

Assistant Minister of Education Vesna Vučurović said that the formation of a support network for inclusive education is a good path for the development of inclusive education.

"That project will improve the educational process, because the quality of the teachers' work will directly affect the quality of children's education," she said.

In addition to teacher education, the project also aimed to create a website (www.resursnicentarpg.me) to support interactive education, in which teachers, parents and other interested parties can access video, audio and other material on the education of visually impaired children.