Educational institutions should be accessible to special people: Shafqat Mahmood

He hopes all public sector educational institutions would be made inclusive and accessible for special children

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has said the government would initiate a special programme soon for facilitating and enhancing accessibility of people with special abilities in educational institutions.

"We need to play a leadership role and it is government's responsibility to facilitate special children in transforming their lives," he said.

Mahmood hoped that all public sector educational institutions would be made inclusive and accessible for special children.

He also urged private sector universities to make alteration in their infrastructure to provide more and more opportunities to specially-challenged students.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 22^nd, 2019.