UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION (USE) CAN BE A BLESSING TO LEARNERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN UGANDA By Walubo Jude Tadeo Makerere University Kampala Uganda - East Africa

As government makes a shift to Universal Secondary with priority to students with disabilities, policy makes including educational institutions, in the cabinet and at parliamentary level should focus on some of the following suggestions to make the policy a success. They should account for the training of secondary education teachers in Special education especially in areas such as Deaf education, Sign Language, visual and mental impairment. This can be done through availing teachers with time …

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