3: Promotion of fair Access of Girls, Persons with Disabilities and
Indigenous Peoples to Education
291- In a bid to guarantee the schooling of all children without discrimination, incentives were
granted to promote the education of the girl child (Rec. 33, see below Maputo Report, § 762
et al.), support inclusive education and take into account the specific needs of indigenous
peoples.
292- In order to consolidate the prohibition of disability-based discrimination enshrined in the
law191 and, in the continuity of measures already taken and recalled in previous Reports, that
aim at providing access of persons with disabilities to schools, the terms and conditions of
application of the said right were clearly stated in 2018 by regulation thereby focusing on the
achievements made till then.
293- The Education and Vocational Training Sector Strategy Paper (2013-2017) had provided
for the development of a programme that aims at adapting the school framework (schools,
equipment, didactic tools, teaching aids, specific training, and teaching practice) to the
development of a specialised education that takes disability into account.
294- In order to achieve such, a national inclusive education policy was adopted. It was
implemented by the drawing up of training modules for teachers, the development of specific
modules in the initial training programme for trainers, the establishment and opening of 68
pilot primary schools from the 2015/2016 academic year in the Regional Headquarters and in
secondary communities, staff training in the area of inclusive education, and recruitment of
holders of the CAPIEMP with skills in inclusive education.
295- Besides, specialised pilot schools were equipped with specialised teaching aids such as
braille brushes, braille writing boards, white canes for the blind, braille boards for
Mathematics and braille slates. In addition, special mechanisms such as access ramps and
playgrounds were developed in the said schools.
296- Decree No. 2018/PM of 26 July 2018 to lay down the enabling conditions of Law No.
2010/2 of 13 April 2010 on the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities contains
10 sections (sections 3 to 12) and a whole chapter on the education and vocational training of
disabled persons.
297- The instrument contains the achievements of the policies referred to above. It comprises
the development of a training framework either in classical schools and training centres or in
specialised schools and training centres established or subsidised by the State, depending on
the nature or level of deficiency. They also focus on adapting the contents and pedagogic
approaches, positive discrimination measures such as age waiver, special provisions for
examinations or financial, didactic and pedagogic assistance and support. The instrument
further obliges Heads of School to make an inventory of their needs and forward a Report 2
months into the academic year at the latest, to hierarchy to enable it to envision adjustment
measures.
B: Enhancement of the Acquisition of Quality Fundamental Skills (Rec.34)
298- In a bid to enhance the quality of learning in primary education by taking into account
the rooting of cultural values and opening up to the world, Phase I of the curricula reform was
implemented, new pedagogic approaches were developed, the teaching of national languages
continued, and school health, the teaching of ICTs and Human Rights promoted.
191
Sections 5 and 7 of Law No. 98/4 of 4 April 1998 to lay down Guidelines on Education in Cameroon; section
28 of Law No. 2010/2 of 13 April 2010 on the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities.
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