122 (304) for 2009 on the re-formation of the National Committee for Handicapped Care. Institutionally speaking, a special department for the handicapped affairs was established as part of the structure of the General Authority of the Social Solidarity Fund. This Department was entrusted with addressing handicap issues and providing handicapped care, as well as supervising centers and schools concerned. Sections in different branches of the Authority numbering 16 at the administrative division level in the Great Jamhirya are affiliated to it. A number of civil societies extending their services to this category are also in place. The total number of the handicapped in the Great Jamhirya registered in the General Authority of the Social Solidarity Fund according to the 2008 Statistics has reached (73892). The number of institutions operating in the area of private education has reached 59 centers and schools covering all parts of the Jamhirya. These institutions are competent to provide care, rehabilitation and training to the physically disadvantaged according to their categories and type of handicap under the supervision of the Handicapped Affairs Department at the General Authority of the Social Solidarity Fund.