Attention on learners with special needs during the Pandemic

When the first Coronavirus case was reported in Kenya, the government ordered all schools to be closed until further notice would be given. In an attempt to keep learners on course, the government, through the ministry of education, enrolled Televised programs and radio lessons for learners in various grades, including those who had started the Competency-Based Curriculum program and those at the secondary level.

Being a teacher in the special needs department, doing my analysis, very few learners in the special category would benefit from the program. The learners with Visual Impairments, as their case suggests, can hardly benefit from the programs on the television. For the radio program, which may be effective to an extent, these learners require braille machines to do their writing, but how many families with such learners can afford the machine?