The MD Schools, Lagos, will highlight the plight of special-needs children as part of its 30th anniversary programme tomorrow.
Proprietor of the schools in Omole/Agidingbi, Ikeja and New Oko-Oba, Mrs Omolara Adedugbe, said the programme to be organised in collaboration with Inner Wheel Club of Gbagada, would feature a symposium on children with disabilities as well as celebrate their uniqueness.
Mrs Adedugbe said at a briefing that the programme was one of the key events lined up to mark anniversary of the school, which has its Omole branch dedicated to special education.
She said educating special-needs children with those without disabilities in the last 30 years had been challenging and rewarding.
Mrs Adedugbe appealed to the government to allow the school access funds appropriated for the education of special-needs children to cushion the high cost of their education.
Other programmes to celebrate the anniversary are inter-school arts/music competition holding today; a thanksgiving and awards ceremony to hold at the WAEC International Office, Agidingbi, on Thursday, and the Parent Teacher Association Gala Nite on Saturday.
The school also organised a Corporate Social Responsibility environmental clean up and medical screening for its host communities, roadshow