Education of children with visual impairments in Sub-Sahara Africa
An analysis of the educational offer for students with visual impairments across Sub-Saharan Africa created as a background document for the 2020 Global Monitoring Report.
An analysis of the educational offer for students with visual impairments across Sub-Saharan Africa created as a background document for the 2020 Global Monitoring Report.
The 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report focuses on inclusion in education, paying particular attention to all the young people who are excluded from education basing on their background or disability.
Approximately one billion people in the world live with some form of disability and around 80% is located in developing countries. 90% of children with disabilities do not receive an education or attend school. To tackle this problem, inABLE has structured a specific program for young students with visual disabilities called “Computers-Labs-for-the-Blind”. We interviewed Irene Mbari-Kirika, founder and executive director of the no profit organisation to address the issue of digital accessibility in view of the Inclusive Africa Conference 2020.