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On International Day of Deafblindness, the sector reaffirms its commitment to inclusionCurrently, the Ministry of Education (Minedu) serves 104 students with deafblindness in the modalities of Regular Basic Education and Special Basic Education, and provides them with resources, accessible materials and specialized supports to promote their learning.
Within the framework of the International Day of Deafblindness, which is commemorated every June 27, the Minedu reaffirmed its commitment to building a more inclusive society by promoting access, permanence and participation of people with deafblindness in quality education and equal opportunities.
Deafblindness is a unique disability that combines visual and hearing loss, partial or total, and that creates significant barriers in communication, access to information, orientation and mobility of people. Therefore, it requires specialized support, accessible communication strategies and adapted environments that favor their participation, autonomy and inclusion in different areas of life.
In Peru, this condition is legally recognized as a unique disability through Law 29524, approved on May 1, 2010, which recognizes communication systems such as fingerprinting, the Braille system, as well as orientation and mobility techniques to facilitate the access of deafblind people to public services.
The Minister of Education, Maria Esther Cuadros, pointed out that, through the Directorate of Special Basic Education, the Minedu promotes actions aimed at eliminating barriers and strengthening a culture of respect, empathy and inclusion, in order to guarantee that more students fully exercise their right to education.
To this end, it has the National Resource Center for Special Basic Education (CENAREBE), which produces accessible materials, promotes training processes and develops awareness-raising actions to promote inclusive education throughout the country.
CENAREBE has 29 Special Basic Education Resource Centers throughout the country to serve more than 40,000 teachers, managers, non-teaching staff and other educational agents each year.
As part of this commemorative date, at the Minedu headquarters, the awareness activation was carried out: The deafblindness tour: a route of empathy and inclusion, an experiential experience aimed at collaborators and authorities in the sector to generate greater awareness about the reality of people with this condition.
