Ain Shams University participates in the second inclusive education conference

Ain Shams University pays special attention to students with disabilities and is keen to provide the best inclusive educational services for all segments of society, especially students with disabilities,” this was confirmed by Prof. Dr. Abdel Fattah Saud, Vice President of Ain Shams University for Education and Student Affairs, during his participation in the panel discussion. Entitled "The Role of Student Service Centers with Disabilities in Universities in Promoting an Inclusive University Educational Environment", which was held within the activities of the Second Inclusive Education Conference, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in cooperation with the American AMIDEAST Foundation within the framework of the Higher Education Initiative and government university grants, and in the presence of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ayman Ashour, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Universities Affairs, Mrs. Quincy Der Moody, Director of the University Grants Project - AMIDEAST, and a group of Vice Presidents of the five Egyptian universities that include centers for serving students with disabilities, namely the universities (Ain Shams, Cairo, Alexandria , Mansoura, Assiut), the directors of service centers for people with disabilities,

and a group of education experts in various Egyptian universities and educational institutions. During the participation of Ain Shams University, headed by Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, at the second inclusive education conference, Prof. Dr. Abdel-Fattah Saoud added that Ain Shams University has been keen to support and care for students with special abilities and integrate them into the university community since 2013, in conjunction with the university’s interest in entering international assessments, especially the QS assessment, of which the assessment of availability with international monitoring is a major part, and since then the hard work has begun to develop Plans on an ongoing basis to suit any emergency circumstances.

He stressed that the total amount spent on accessibility so far amounted to nearly one billion pounds, pointing out that dealing with the file of accessibility and inclusion of people with disabilities did not stop at the human element only, but included all construction and buildings, and the new access code for university facilities was activated. His Excellency reviewed the university's endeavor to forge partnerships with various community institutions; To provide the best educational service for students with disabilities while enabling them to obtain suitable jobs in the labor market, as the university provides all the supplies that help students, including wheelchairs for people with motor disabilities, a cane for people with visual disabilities and other supplies. This is in addition to providing training opportunities to develop students’ skills in various fields, including computer skills courses in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and photography skills courses for blind students, as well as providing training opportunities in some banks and companies, in addition to strengthening the idea of entrepreneurship in cooperation with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the university. IHUB, as well as providing the financial support needed to start their own business. Dr. Abdul-Fattah Saoud explained that the role of the university and the service center for students with disabilities at the university does not stop at this point, but the university is interested in training workers dealing with students with disabilities to rehabilitate them in various aspects, whether psychological or skill, where the workers were trained to choose and use visual aids to deal with students with disabilities. The visual impairment and the visually impaired and how to choose the visual aids for each case, in addition to cooperation with the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center to train sign language interpreters to serve Ain Shams University and all over the Republic. Dr. Saud emphasized that the education and integration of people with disabilities reflects on society as a whole and leaves its societal impact on various groups of society, pointing out that the university is in the process of preparing a specialized program for students with intellectual disabilities that suits their abilities in achievement. Ms. Rana Al-Hilali, Director of the Service Center for Students with Disabilities at the University, participated in a panel discussion “on the elements and requirements for establishing and managing a center to serve students with disabilities”, during which she explained that the center is interested in integrating students with disabilities into the university community with all its elements, including faculty members, students and workers, while enabling students to benefit as much as possible. possible of their abilities and talents. She indicated that the university provided a number of sub-headquarters of the center next to the main campus on the campus in order to facilitate the students, and these headquarters are represented in the Vision Center at the Faculty of Arts, the Rafik Al-Darb Center at the Faculty of Al-Alsun, the Support Unit at the Faculty of Medicine, the Support Unit at the Faculty of Engineering, and the Support Unit at the Faculty of Business. Various means have been allocated to communicate with the center, whether through the social networking site "Facebook", phone call or e-mail. During the activities of the conference, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ayman Ashour, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Universities Affairs, presented the honorary shield of Ain Shams University, in appreciation of its prominent role and contributions in the field of serving students with disabilities and Prof. Dr. Abdel Fattah Saud, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs received it.