Tehran – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised high-tech braille embossers for the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Special Education Institutions (SEO). .
The Bryillo 600 SR2 Braille Embosser addresses the important needs of accessible learning materials among 7,145 visually impaired children currently studying in Iran’s formal education system.
This includes 5,239 girls and boys from mainstream schools and 1,906 from special schools, to ensure that these students have access to comprehensive education by enhancing the production of Braille textbooks. ensuring a more equitable educational opportunity.
The initiative addresses urgent challenges in the Iranian education system, where the past two Norwegian braille embossing have become unreliable and inadequate to current needs after 35 years of service.
SEO requires that approximately 28,000 braille textbooks annually be produced, including 279 volumes of 194 subject grade specific textbooks per year, in order to ensure that all students have access to educational materials before the start of the school year. there is.
Access to Braille learning materials is essential for visually impaired children to fully participate in society and realize their rights. The new embosser serves generations of students, with an estimated 214,350 children benefiting over a 30-year lifespan.
The procurement of UNICEF embossers was particularly important. This is because international sanctions have prevented SEO from directly obtaining equipment. This intervention demonstrates UNICEF’s commitment to supporting comprehensive education and ensuring that children are not left behind due to disabilities.
Measures focused on children with disabilities
UNICEF and Tejarat Bank have launched a campaign titled “Distances are part of me, not part of me, not everything I do.”
The initiative highlighted the commitment of both organizations to promote inclusion, accessibility and equal opportunities for children with disabilities in Iran on its UNICEF website, released in a January 30 press release. Masu.
The national fundraising campaign is designed to improve the lives of children with disabilities. The campaign’s message emphasizes empowerment, dignity and inclusion for children with disabilities.
This co-branded campaign will appear in all Tejarat Bank branches, ATMs, Tejarat Bank customer clubs and digital platforms to encourage the public to donate to UNICEF.
Under a globally unique program called “Earthquake Preparation Education for Children with Disabilities,” UNICEF and its partners are each stakeholder: parents/caregivers of children with disabilities, teachers and policymakers. We have developed three books targeting the book.
Throughout the book, UNICEF and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will work with the International Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEE) to provide guidelines on disaster management, including mitigation, preparation, response and recovery. . So far, the focus is on children with hearing impairment, mobility disorders and autism spectrum disorders, UNICEF’s website announced in a January 19 press release.
Additionally, four consultation training workshops will be held to help teachers, social workers and aid workers learn feedback on strategies to support children with disabilities before the earthquake and to help them after the earthquake. provided.
The programme journey never stops here. Plans are already underway to update the guidebook that includes guidelines for children with visual impairments and to increase resources to address all types of disorders. The initiative represents a major leap towards comprehensive earthquake preparation, ensuring a safer and more resilient future for all Iranian children, regardless of obstacles.
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