General News of Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Source: GNA

Government to implement inclusive education in 2015-Minister

Winneba, Feb 8, GNA - Government has gone far in its plans to implement the Inclusive Education Policy before 2015 to meet the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline.

Mr Mike Hammah, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources made this known in a speech read for him at the opening of the five-day first Sub-Regional Summit on Inclusive Education for West and Central Africa Countries in Winneba on Tuesday.

The summit under the theme, "Inclusive Education for West and Central Africa" is aimed at providing a platform for the articulation of views from West and Central African on inclusive education.

It is being attended by Cote D'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Mali and Ghana and topics to be treated include Teacher Preparation, Support Personnel, Accessibility Issues, '