Pictorial by Evance Chisiano

Blantyre, March 6, Mana; Department responsible for inclusive education also referred to as Department of Special Needs Education in the Ministry of Education is tasked with coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Special Needs Education across Malawi including facilitating trainings for specialist teachers.

Recently, the department toured a Blantyre Secondary School (BSS) to appreciate how a 66 member Sign Language Club was faring in sign language.

The club demonstrated activities such as finger spelling of names of districts and animals among others, on top of demonstrating effective sign language communication.

The BSS Sign Language Club, that started in 2023 is under mentorship of a patron, Norah Mangani Nkavitha.

The club demonstrated that it was on the right path in producing capable professional sign language interpreters, the likes of Savita Wirima and Linly Mponda on MBC TV news.

Here are pictures of the department’s monitoring tour of BSS, with club members demonstrating their competence in sign language communication.