A SERIES of training programs on sign language will be conducted by the Department of Education to upgrade teachers’ competence in teaching hearing impaired learners.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the program is in line with the thrust to make education truly inclusive of all learners especially those who have difficulty understanding lessons due to hearing impairment.
DepEd’s Special Education Division and the Bureau of Elementary Education organized the training program in coordination with LINK Center for the Deaf and in partnership with the Boeing Global Corporate Citizenship.
The training seminar for Luzon will be on May 15 to 24 at Teachers’ Camp in Baguio City to be attended by selected public school teachers from Regions 1, 2, 3, 4-A (CALABARZON), 4-B (MIMAROPA), 5, and Cordillera Administrative Region.
For the Visayas, it will be on April 15 to 24 at DepEd Ecotech Center in Lahug, Cebu City to be participated in by public school teachers from Regions 6, 7 and 8. The Mindanao leg to be held at DepEd RELC in Cagayan de Oro City is on April 25 to May 4 where public school teachers from Regions 9, 10, 11, 12 and CARAGA are set to take part.
Luistro explained that DepEd intends to strengthen teachers’ skills in the teaching of sign language in preparation for the inclusion of pupils with hearing impairment in regular school. “It is our duty as educators to provide equal opportunities to children and youth with special needs so that they can lead productive lives,” Luistro added.
The program is composed of sign language training and seminars in special education as well as formal sign language evaluation in the basic and intermediate levels by the Philippine Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. It is also meant to provide teachers with competencies in establishing and maintaining SPED programs. Alvin Murcia
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