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Half of children with hearing impairments in Ghana are not in school

Accra, Sept. 25, GNA – Mr. Juventus Duorinaah, Executive Director of the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), has disclosed that 30 to 50 percent of children with hearing impairments are out of school.

He pointed to cultural and societal barriers as major factors, noting that many parents neglect their responsibilities out of fear that their children wonuld not succeed in the future.

“Sometimes, parents have deaf children, and they ask themselves, what life would this child have,” he said during the National Seminar on the Role of Stakeholders in Achieving the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)-Compliant Inclusive Education for Deaf Learners in Ghana.

“Some of the community schools still do not want to accept deaf children because they feel that because of their disability, they will not be able to benefit from their teachings and learning, “he added.

The seminar was on the theme: “The Role of Stakeholders in Achieving CRPD-Compliant Inclusive Education for Deaf Learners in Ghana.”