Burundi students with disabilities struggle to keep up at school
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Iwacu
In Burundi, students with disabilities struggle to take notes, have their work marked and access suitable equipment, reports Iwacu. Donavine Ndayikengurukiye, a visually impaired student, also describes the burden of travel and school fees, and calls for more accessible schools and lower fees if free education is not possible.
In Burundi, students with disabilities are experiencing delays in taking notes and having their work marked, making it harder for them to keep up with their schooling, reports Iwacu. Donavine Ndayikengurukiye, a visually impaired student in the second year of post-basic education at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Sagesse, explains that she has to wait for her classmates to finish taking their notes before the people helping her can copy them out.
She sometimes receives these notes shortly before a test, reducing the time available for revision. The work of students without disabilities is also marked before that of students with disabilities, according to the testimony reported by Iwacu.
