With Palestinian teachers in the Gaza Strip unable to get training on educating children with learning disorders, Atsuyoshi Saisho was determined to find a way around an Israeli blockade to help them.
The 23-year-old student of educational studies at Waseda University found a way, launching an online training program in June in a joint project with officials of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
“I wanted to help (Palestinians) break through the wall built by the blockade,” Saisho said.
Access to the Gaza Strip is strictly restricted by Israel’s economic sanctions, making it difficult to train teachers outside the Gaza Strip. Only five of about 240 schools there offer special programs to children with learning disorders and there are less than 20 experts.
Under the 20-hour training program for teachers, developed by Saisho and Mayada Al-natour, an associate professor and expert on education for children with learning disorders at Jordan University, teachers learn how to grasp the scope of a child’s disorder and map out a learning program for the student. more
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