hearing impaired, with a total number distributed among 608 seats in the primary, 262
seats at middle level and at 163 secondary school level. The breakdown of statistics
on the basis of gender shows 460 girls and 573 boys.
256.Also, the partnership agreement signed with the education sector and vocational
education has enabled during the 2007-2008 season, to target 2,169 disabled young
people through apprenticeships and vocational training 26. Young boys remain mainly
present with 1,281 seats. Those with motor impairment are increasing in number and
those with hearing disabilities are more common in vocational training.
257.The results of the Algerian policy regarding school integration of children with
disabilities have been translated in progresses made in the field of education. They
improve from year to year to meet the success of special education programmes
developed by the state as well as the genuine and consistent adherence of children and
their parents, less hostile to these disability situations than in the past.
258.In June 2013, 122 students with disabilities passed their baccalaureate out of 259
registered candidates for the examination, recording a success rate of 47.10%. The
admission rate of the O Level test was 58.36%, or 164 successful results out of the
281 candidates, and that the entry into the first year was 92.26%, or 453 students out
of the 491 candidates registered for the examination.
259. The assessment of the progress of disabled people, including those enrolled in
university, continues with the help of the wilaya directions of social action and
solidarity, in order to highlight on the one hand, any difficulties encountered in the
implementation of the curriculum as well as the access to university degree, but also
to dwell on the success rate in working life, once the diploma is obtained.
260.Nevertheless, national associations dealing with children note, regarding the
technical walking aids (wheelchairs, canes, etc.), the need to improve the equipment
to encourage further learning.
261.The social map: The social map mechanism, whose development takes place in a
context of sustained intersectoral collaboration, must provide references for assessing
the situation and access criteria to the various benefits offered by the various schemes
of national solidarity.
262.This structural mechanism will be able to reflect the situation of children with
disabilities to assist in decision making in order to better understand the needs of this
population, whose the categorization is moving forward with full transparency, to the
best relevance.
263.The social map will be the dashboard that will allow a prompt action and will be
the gauge, which will facilitate the assessment of difficulties to be mitigated and
addressed, in a pragmatic and balanced organizational structure.
264.Accessibility of the disabled person: Following the promulgation of the
Executive Decree No. 06-455 of 11 December 2006 setting the rules for disabled
persons’ access to the physical, social, economic and cultural environment, an
intersectoral commission of accessibility of disabled people to buildings, urban
planning, means of transport and communication services and information was
installed in December 2007.
265.The objective set through the creation of this body is to make available the
physical, social, economic and cultural environment, including the development of
appropriate programmes.
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