institutions of secondary education as well as their participation in official exams and, on
the other hand, the improvement of conditions for receiving and taking care of
handicapped students in Cameroon State universities.
Furthermore, the technical platform of the Cardinal Paul Emile Léger National Centre for
the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (CNRPH-CPEL) was improved on. Other actions
concerned the provision of MINAS and centres specialized in the management of
handicapped persons with specialized human resources, recruited as part of the drive to
recruit 25 000 graduates into the Public Service, launched in 2011, the launching by the
CNRPH-CPEL of the community-based action aiming at handicap prevention and the
referencing of handicapped persons; the organization of “Social Action Days” in favour of
handicapped persons and stakeholders of the sector.
Similarly, the setting up of the National Association for Handicapped Teachers (CNEH) is
also contributing to promote inclusive education. Actions undertaken within this framework
relate to the organization of educative talks with parents of handicapped children to
promote their integration into the traditional educational system, facilitating school exams
for handicapped children by providing facilitators, lobbying for the inclusion of
handicapped persons in FENASSCO games.
The Community-based Rehabilitation Programme (CBRP), currently under
experimentation in Cameroon, through networks put in place, is helping to orient persons
living with a disability towards proximity centres and reference centres for specific
interventions.
On the other hand, the networking of support institutions for persons with disabilities in
Cameroon is promoting the pooling of resources. In this perspective, and with the support
of the NGO SightSavers, Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPH) put in place in
2012, a Platform dubbed “Inclusive Society for Persons with Disabilities”, which aims to
pool the efforts of OPHs and serve as an interface with the various administrations for the
promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (70 associations are
members).
The integration of the disability approach in building school infrastructure in Cameroon
and in the training curricula of teachers helps to effectively implement inclusive education.
It entails, among other things, the training of specialised teachers in this domain,
scrapping the age limit for certain competitive and official exams, exemption from the
payment of required contributions and exam fees, as well as the construction of buildings
in schools taking into consideration the concerns of students with disabilities.
The granting of subsidies to private institutions of specialized education (children with
hearing, mental and visual impairment) is part of the desire to build their technical,
material and financial capacities. Cameroon has several schools specialised in inclusive
education and 140 private centres specialized in taking care of disabled persons, including
children.
It should be pointed out that considerable efforts have been made as regards the
promotion and protection of children with disabilities. Programmes that have been
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