MOE accepts recommendations

A special needs officer at Yangzheng Primary School helping a child with his work. — The Straits Times/Asia News Network

PARENTS of children with special needs will receive more guidance at the pre-primary level in choosing suitable schools, as part of recommendations by an advisory panel.

The panel, which had been appointed to make recommendations to the Ministry of Education (MOE) on how compulsory education can be implemented for children with special needs, focused on two main areas: placement and exemption.