ZUAPD Calls for Increased Education Support for People With Disabilities
By Linda Mupemo Zambia Union of All Persons With Disabilities President Pascal Mulenga - Picture by MISA Zambia Zambia Union of All Persons with Disabilities (ZUAPD) President Pascal Mulenga has called on Government to allocate more funds to education support for persons with disabilities. Mr. Mulenga noted that persons with disabilities are facing challenges in accessing education especially in rural areas. Mr. Mulenga said this in a media statement made available to ZANIS. He explained that despite the free education policy Government is implementing, some special needs children are still facing challenges in accessing education due to the severity of their conditions. "Some special needs children have critical conditions which cannot allow them to be moving from home to school on a daily basis hence they need to be in boarding school. However, some parents to special needs children have limited financial resources to afford boarding fees hence their children are not in scho