Children with intellectual disabilities are receiving more attention from the government

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said that helping each other would improve society at the present time Weak intellectuals are increasingly being cared for by the Royal Government, gradually establishing schools for them.

The minister told reporters after visiting disabled children in Takhmao city, Kandal province on December 10 2019.

Khieu Kanharith said that today, children with intellectual disabilities are increasingly attending school and again discriminating against them. They were also reduced a lot.

It should be highlighted that since the Law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the Royal Government of Cambodia in July 2009, this year The 10th anniversary of the Law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and over the past ten years, many children with disabilities have been adopted Have equal access to education However, in 2015, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport found that more than 60,000 children were still in school, most of them children. Children with intellectual disabilities and autistic children.

Given the large number of autistic and mentally retarded children who have not yet had the opportunity to attend school In line with the principles of quality national education and social inclusion through activities like this, for almost seven years, HHC has collaborated With the Department of Education, Youth and Sport renovated five schools And a special education standard which will use USD 49,572,00 which is funded by Samdech Kittiprittit Bun Rany Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian Red Cross, also registered 250 children in all three districts for children with disabilities, especially girls with disabilities. Learn in accordance with policy The Royal Government of Cambodia as well as the development of Cambodian society as well as the information and education sectors.