Inauguration of a Sign Language Center at the Higher School for Teachers of Deaf and Mute
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Inauguration of a Sign Language Center at the Higher School for Teachers of Deaf and Mute

Monday, September 25, 2023–On the occasion of international day of sign languages celebrated annually on September 23, the minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari was accompanied by the minister of national solidarity family, and women’s affairs Mrs. Kaouthar Krikou, on a visit to the higher school for teachers of deaf-mute, in Beni messous, Algiers. The visit came to supervise the celebration ceremony of the international day of sign languages, and inaugurate the intensive sign languages learning center, as well as the launch of an awareness caravan for sign languages learning under the logo ‘ if you want my smile… learn my sign language’.
In a word of the minister on the occasion, he affirmed that the organization of this initiative comes within ‘the state endeavors in achieving the principle of equal opportunities in learning, and enabling people with disabilities to socially integrate through providing specialized staff in charge of accompanying them in their educational path’. He also added that the inauguration of this center is considered ‘ a new basic building block of promoting higher education specializing in teaching deaf-mute category, as it is also considered as an implementation of social justice which has been always defended by the President of the Republic of Algeria.
The minister of national solidarity, family and women’s affairs, for her part, asserted that ‘ reinforcing integration mechanisms of people with disabilities is an added value for the integration programs of this category, and the sector of national solidarity is working hard in coordination with the relevant sectors, such as the national education, higher education, and vocational training and education, to ensure equal opportunities for all children with disabilities’.
It is worth noting that the higher school for teacher of deaf-mutewas inaugurated last year. It is currently encompassing more than 912 instructors at a formative stage, supervised by 46 instructors, within 15 scientific specialties.