School for visually impaired in Peć

The Special School for the Blind and Visually Impaired' (Albanian: Shkolla speciale për të verbër) is located in Peć.

The Special School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Details
The Special School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The Special School for the Blind and Visually Impaired dates back to 1982.[1] The school offers grades from the preschool to high school levels. The Well-being Center for the blind in Peć offers services for regular schools that have integrated special needs students.[2] [3] The institution is the only school in Kosovo[a] which offers education for students with special needs.

The services offered are:

  • Enlarged books,
  • Trainings for teachers and parents,
  • Moveable tables,
  • Magnifying glasses
  • Audiobook CD and cassettes.

This school is also equipped with cabinets of different types:

  • Biology,
  • Chemistry,
  • History,
  • Arts,
  • Geography,
  • IT cabinet
  • Braille printing house.

Teaching process

The school covers about 3,000 m2, and contains the dormitory that houses 37 students of other municipalities, including students belonging to minorities. The school has a total of 50 students starting from preschool, through the elementary, and high school levels. The high school level students attend two professional course directions related to administration and information technology.

Braille printing house

The department for printing books in Braille is a printing house which covers the needs of visually impaired students for textbooks. It has a capacity of 600 pages per hour. This division was used for printing more than 50 schoolbooks and novels for students of this institution. It has also printed the Constitution of Kosovo, the law on lower and middle level education, and other materials.

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References
  1. Ulaj, Enver (22 October 2008). "Kosovo: Blind Children to Attend Regular Schools". chalkboard.tol.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. Orana, Havë (19 November 2013). "Studentët mërgimtar sjellin ndihma për nxënësit e verbër në Pejë" (in Albanian). Bota Sot. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "Historiku : Shkolla për të verbër – Qendra Burimore – Peć Kosovë". shvqb.net. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

Notes
a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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