Advocacy, civil society groups laud education bill for learners with disabilities

, various groups praised the bill that seeks to promote the access of“Thank you to the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, led by its Chairman, Senator Win Gatchalian, who championed the rights and welfare of learners with disabilities by painstakingly holding consultations and collaboration with stakeholders towards the creation and approval in the Senate of the Senate Bill 1907,” said Flora Arellano, President of the Civil Society Network for Education Reforms during the...

The bill would also require each city and municipality to put up at least one inclusive learning resource center for learners with special needs. This would convert existing special education centers into ILRCs., a database that tracks learners with disabilities so they can be included in the general basic education system.

The Bicameral conference committee is working on reconciling the two versions of the bill and is expected to be signed into law in the opening of the 19th Congress.

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