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Stakeholders want state to address challenges of special needs learners

Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumincha chats with a learner with special needs during PEPFAR's 20th-anniversary celebrations in Nairobi on November 28, 2023. [Courtesy, US Embassy]

Shortage of teaching aids and human resources in special needs education institutions continues to pose a major challenge to students well-being.

Education stakeholders have said assistive devices and equipment needed by learners with special needs are unaffordable by some parents.

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