Egypt’s law obliges providing technological training for people with disabilities

Egypt’s law obliges providing technological training for people with disabilities

CAIRO - 28 July 2021: The Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Egypt of 2018 obligates to provide opportunities for vocational preparation and job training for persons with disabilities according to their needs. The law stipulates using modern technology and methods of comprehensive inclusion of persons with disabilities, to help them achieve maximum independence, while ensuring quality, safety and security within the institutions of vocational preparation and all means of spatial availability and technological. The Ministry of Social Solidarity, through the institutions concerned, provides the services necessary for rehabilitation and training, as well as tools and assistive products for persons with disabilities, free of charge or for at low fees. The ministry also provides the necessary training programs and specialized cadres for this. Egypt witnessed an unprecedented boom during the past seven years in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, as President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was keen to ensure the rights of this group of citizens, in education, health, job opportunities, and pension. People with disabilities in Egypt are estimated at about 11 to 14 million, according to the State Information Service [SIS], as disabilities in Egypt include visual, hearing, and mobility impairment, as well