TWO new computers and a printer were part of a $6000 technological gift package towards Nausori Special School by the Minister for Women, Rosy Akbar, last Saturday.
Ms Akbar explained, “This assistance is given with the hope to help these children excel in their computing studies. Assistance such as this ensures that children with special needs are given equal opportunities to prosper academically. We will continue to reach out and empower children with special needs”.
Nausori Special School head teacher, Sofia Waqanidrola, thanked the Ms Akbar for providing the timely assistance and mentioned that during the next term, computer classes would be incorporated into their school curriculum.
Ms Waqanidrola said: “We will be able to provide them with daily computer learning lessons for an hour or so. This assistance has given them incentive to develop computing skills that will help them with their future career. “It is also overwhelming to see that madam minister has been able to fulfil our request within a short span of time. And the students who were not getting bus fare assistance are now being assisted.
“This has all been possible through minister Akbar’s care and concern for the development of these children. This assistance is a reflection of the Fijian Government’s commitment to provide inclusive and enabling learning environment for children with disabilities,” Ms Waqanidrola said.
The assistance follows Ms Akbar’s official visit to the school in June this year where the management requested the ministry’s assistance to start computing classes for its 51 students.
