Gov’t drafting five-year action plan on children with disabilities

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says government is taking more aggressive steps to address the needs of children with disabilities and is in the process of formalising a five-year action plan to deal with the issue more assertively.

Manickchand made this announcement during her address at the launch of Unicef’s State of the World’s Children Report 2013, on May 30 at the National Park, and pointed out that a nation’s success can be measured by how it treats its most vulnerable people.

According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release, the minister said while much has