A three-year pilot project to educate children with disabilities through information technology (IT) would help equalise opportunities for all Vietnamese children, said Deputy Head of Primary Education Department Tran Thi Tham on August 19.

Tham was speaking at a workshop held in Ha Noi on information and communication technology (ICT) for children with special needs.

Children with hearing impairments

It was funded by the US Agency for Development Project (USAID) and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS).

One of the outcomes of the project, provided to more than 700 disabled primary and secondary school students in 10 cities and provinces, was an e-learning website for students unable to go to school, said Deputy Head of Secondary Education Department Nguyen Trong Hoan.

The project also helped upgrade voice software for blind students and developed two educational video clip sets for Maths and Vietnamese subjects using sign language for fifth-grade deaf students.

(Source: VNA)