The SIRA School
Where are they?
What do they do?
Who benefits?
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Bethlehem
Offer special educational needs to a very high standard as the only such school in the West Bank.
70 students, between 6 and 16 years old. |
More Infomation:
Founded: 1992
Director: Mr Kurt Ahren and Mrs Laurette Twemeh
Beginnings:
Unlike the special needs facilities offered in the UK, the Palestinian education system has no such provision. Therefore, in 1992, the Swedish International Relief Association (SIRA), opened a School in Bethlehem to help children with learning disabilities.
Activities
Education
- The School teaches up to 70 students with learning disabilities. Classes are arranged by age and ability level and have no more than ten children. This enables staff to adapt their teaching to the needs of each child.
- Some of the children attending the School have health problems, lack support or help at home and others have learning difficulties such as dyslexia. The School aims to reintegrate its pupils back into mainstream education after an average of three years.
Training
- The School recently began to offer workshops and resources to teachers in local mainstream schools. The aim is to help teachers in these schools to recognise students’ learning difficulties as early as possible so that they can address their needs before they fall behind.
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