Launch of School Inclusion Program on the Occasion of World and National Disability Day
On the occasion of World and National Disability Day, the launch of the school inclusion program was announced today, Wednesday, December 3, 2025. This initiative by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education aims to support students with disabilities in schools and help them pursue their education in the ordinary educational framework.
Program Details
In a statement to National Radio, Thameur Toukabri, in charge of managing the General Directorate for the Promotion of People with Disabilities within the Ministry of Social Affairs, indicated that effective support in schools will begin immediately after the winter vacation, specifying that these vacations will be dedicated to training the accompanists. Toukabri explained that the school inclusion program starts with the training of 260 accompanists, or 10 accompanists for each regional delegation. He added that an effort will be made to increase the number of accompanists and generalize them to a larger number of schools, depending on the available means. He emphasized the importance of this support, as it is part of the facilitating arrangements made available to students with disabilities.
Priority and Target Group
On her part, Nadia Ayari, General Director of the Primary Cycle at the Ministry of Education, emphasized that the priority of this program will be given to students with disabilities from low-income families who have dropped out of school. She specified that 260 students with disabilities will benefit from school inclusion starting from next January, including some who had been out of school. She also indicated that a joint circular will soon be published for students holding a disability card, in order to determine the extent of the need for an accompanist for the student.
Statistics on Students with Special Needs
She revealed that there are 22,000 students with specific needs, of which about 7,000 have been assigned a disability card, and the rest are concerned with learning difficulties.
