Ministry launches adapted language curriculum for deaf students

A section of the audience at the launching (GINA photo)

An adapted version of the Ministry of Education’s language curriculum for deaf students was launched yesterday  and training of teachers by regional experts is underway.

A section of the audience at the launching (GINA photo)
A section of the audience at the launching (GINA photo)

The ceremony was held in the auditorium of the National Centre for Educational Resource Development in Kingston in the presence of Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.

The project began in 2015 with the Deaf Association Guyana (DAG) commissioning Dr Keren Cumberbatch of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus to undertake a situational analysis of deaf education locally, a  release from GINA stated.

Addressing the launch yesterday, Dr Cumberbatch said that the situational analysis of deaf education in Guyana, the first step of this project, saw visits to all the deaf schools and meetings with