The Education Committee of the Federal National Bank proposes providing a “shadow teacher” to accompany people of determination in the school environment

Today, the Education, Culture, Youth, Sports and Media Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council held a virtual panel discussion entitled “Towards Integrating People of Determination into Education and Work,” headed by Dr. Adnan Hamad Al Hammadi, Chairman of the Committee, as part of its work plan to discuss the topic of the government’s policy regarding the quality of life of People of Determination and their integration into education and work.
Participating in the panel discussion were the members of the committee: Dr. Maryam Obaid Al-Badwawi, the committee’s rapporteur, and Amna Ali Al-Adidi, Somaya Abdullah Al-Suwaidi, Aisha Khamis Al-Dhanhani, and Dr. Moza Muhammad Al-Shehhi, members of the council.

The panel discussed two main topics: the experience of people of determination in education and work, and developing an environment for their inclusion. The participants presented a set of observations that stressed the importance of qualifying educational and administrative staff to understand the needs of people of determination and deal with them effectively, and reviewing supportive legislation, including early retirement, in addition to the necessity of providing a qualified “shadow teacher” to accompany them in the school environment, establishing specialized centers in all the emirates of the country to qualify them, and developing educational curricula that suit their abilities and enhance their self-confidence.

The participants pointed out the importance of identifying universities that enable people of determination to complete their studies in specializations compatible with their abilities, providing sign language interpreters, and aligning educational programs with the needs of the labor market. They touched on the importance of enhancing financial support allocated to people of determination, supporting their foster families, developing legislation to facilitate the licensing of their projects, choosing appropriate jobs according to the type of disability in order to achieve better performance and a fairer evaluation, in addition to creating electronic platforms linked to employment agencies, and organizing training programs to enhance their skills, especially technical ones.

The Education Affairs Committee decided to include the most prominent observations and proposals that emerged from the discussion session in its final report on the topic of the government’s policy regarding the quality of life of people of determination and their integration into education and work, which will be discussed in one of the Council’s sessions in the presence of government representatives.