The Teachers Continuous Training Institute (TCTI) Biase – Cross River State, has kicked-off a 2-day intensive sensitization workshop for Persons With Disabilities and their handlers in the State.
The workshop which holds between Thursday, May 9 – Friday May 10, 2024 is organized for various categories of persons with disabilities and their handlers in primary, secondary, vocational and technical schools. Representatives of the ministries of Education, Information, Social Welfare and Rehabilitation and Non-Governmental Organisations and the organised private sector are fully participating in the workshop.
Speaking on the workshop tagged: ‘Sensitization & Awareness program on Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities’, pioneer Director General of the TCTI, Professor Taoheed Adedoja, said the exercise is intended to equip PLWDs and their handlers through investments in knowledge, skills and infrastructure, that provide policies and solutions to enable them live productively and to give them a sense of inclusion in the ecosystem of the society and globally.
Investigation reveals that the exercise initiated by TCTI, Biase, is the first sensitization program by the Cross River State government to complement basic and fundamental knowledge through human capacity and manpower development, as only NGOs had shown such zeal or interest before now.
Professor Adedoja explained that the training will also boost the literacy and proficiency of the participants in the fast-growing digital economy, noting that the programme is in line with the vision of the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu for globally competitive manpower.
“The workshop is timely and in consonance with the spirit of Governor Otu’s people’s government of inclusivity to extend knowledge to all and sundry, not minding one\’s status.
“So we put together this training to build capacities of people living with disabilities, by making them employable and self-reliant in order to have effective economic independence in pursuing their individual and collective livelihoods.
“Therefore, the Institute is looking towards the less privileged and their handlers for capacity building. As a result the Institute has put in place minimum accessibility requirements in compliance with the national policy on persons with disability”, said Professor Adedoja.
