The Western Cape Education Department has set aside R68 million rand to improve support for autistic pupils.
It announced this on World Autism Awareness Day on Sunday.
The department said two new schools would be built for pupils with special needs in the current financial year.
Provincial Education MEC, David Maynier, urged ordinary public schools to take extra care of learners with special needs.
“An additional 28 classrooms at existing special schools or full-service schools [will be built] this year. These schools and classrooms will be able to cater for learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), with high support needs, and will be able to provide outreach services for public ordinary schools to support learners with ASD with low to moderate support needs.”
World Autism Awareness Day: we will spend an additional R68 million this year to improve support for learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder, including 2 new special schools with resource centres and 28 new classrooms.
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— David Maynier (@DavidMaynier) April 2, 2023
-EWN
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