Osu, Accra, Ghana
Tel/Fax: 233-21-772878
E-mail: nhorizongh@yahoo.com
Website: http//: international.egmont-hs.dk/nhss/
HOPE FOR THE INTELLECTUALLY HANDICAPPED
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General Information:
It is a day special school in Cantonments, Accra, Ghana. It was founded in January 1972 by Mrs Salome Francois as she tried to educate her first daughter who happened to be intellectually handicaped. It is therefore for children and adults who have mental handicap and their families. It is open to all who can benefit from its programs, that is persons with other disabilities so long as their primary disability is learning difficulty. It has about 130 students and 25 teachers and trainers.
Objectives: To give hope to the intellectually handicap by providing special type of education and vocational training for children and adults with special needs. To develop each child's potential to the full so that he or she can lead productive and satisfying life. To enable them feel a part of soceity and contribute to it.
Achievements:
The school has established Sheltered Workshops where matured students who have reached a moderate level of productivity can work as trainee workers with little supervision.
An educational section which serves pupils who demonstrate various degrees of developmental delays.
Some of our students who perform well academically are intergrated into the normal school system.
Also trainee workers from the sheltered workshops earn allowances from profit of their craft items.
