DISABLED PEOPLE ARE FREQUENTLY DEPRIVED OF OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY
"Disabled people are frequently deprived of the opportunity to study, " Anahit Tovmasian, head of "Bridge of Hope" NGO, stated this at "The School Is for Everyone" exhibition held at the UN office in Yerevan. She said that thought there is no concrete statistics on the issue, many disabled children do not attend school.
"Education for Everyone" action program was adopted in Senegal. The program is aimed to secure compulsory elementary education for everyone till 2015. Armenia also signed this program which is the second challenge for the millennium development. "Education for Everyone" arrangement is held in the world on April 24-30. On the initiative of "Mission East" Danish international organization and with the collaboration of "Bridge of Hope" NGO, painting and composition competitions were held at the special schools of three Armenian regions. The socially insecure children, including disabled, pupils of special schools tried to depict the school of their dreams in their paintings and the compositions.
Victoria Harutyunian, pupil at the special school of Hatsik village, Armavir region, told about a little orphan who dreams of going to school but has no opportunity to in her composition "I Want My Friend to Go to School." Victoria’s composition won an award.
"I will spare no efforts to help such children when I grow up and have a good job," Victoria Harutyunian said.
The five best pictures and 3 best compositions were awarded with prizes, while the special schools received gratitude letters at the closing ceremony of the exhibition.
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