To help angels with broken wings fly, the Ministry of Education invests hundreds of millions of dollars to set up pre-school special education classes.

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[Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Taipei Report] To help the angel with broken wings fly, the Ministry of Education invested 100 million yuan annually to set up preschool special education classes, and set up 53 new preschool special education classes in the 111 school year, including 21 centralized special education classes and itinerant tutoring classes. 32 classes, estimated to serve 1,448 people, with a total of 170,674,921 yuan in subsidies.

Wang Huiqiu, head of the National Education Administration of the Ministry of Education, explained that in order to meet the needs of preschool children with special needs to receive appropriate education, they will provide more comprehensive education and insurance services. Accumulated to the 110th school year, there are a total of 667 preschool special education classes nationwide, and 53 new classes will be set up in the 111th school year. There are 720 pre-school special education classes in total.

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Wang Huiqiu said that the fourth phase of the five-year plan for preschool special education (years 108 to 112) aims to "improve the professional quality of teachers", "enhance educational opportunities and learning quality", "strengthen support system and learning environment", "enrich remote and Outlying Islands Special Education Resources” is one of the key projects, with the addition of pre-school special education classes as one of the key projects.

By subsidizing the environmental improvement projects of the kindergartens of local governments (including the improvement of classroom environmental facilities, toilet renovation, air-conditioning equipment installation and drainage works, etc.), the purchase of teaching materials and teaching aids (including sensory teaching aids, tactile balls, large-scale safety mats and building blocks) Groups, etc.) and other funds to increase the opportunities for pre-school children with special needs to receive appropriate education, and continue to subsidize the local government to actively plan new pre-school special education classes to take care of pre-school special children.

Take Kaohsiung City Shihu Elementary School Affiliated Kindergarten as an example. Starting from August this year, the kindergarten has set up a new intensive special education class. Educational and maintenance courses such as routine activities, multi-learning activities and kindergarten-wide activities can be tailored to children. The individualized education plan and actual needs of the special children are cultivated to develop the self-care ability, social skills, communication skills and physical fitness of special children. In the process of participating in the activities, there are opportunities for mutual exchange and mutual learning.

Wang Huiqiu said that in order to implement the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" and integrate special children into the kindergarten environment, the National Education Administration has also continued to promote the pilot program of integrated education counseling to assist special children placed in ordinary classes and intensive special education classes with ordinary children. The benign interaction of children creates a friendly integration environment, so that children with special needs can develop their potential with the goal of full integration and individual assistance.