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Meeting

Student

Needs

Dhofar University

Students with Disabilities Support
Services Unit

Access to education is the number one
thing all young people need. To better
achieve this, Dhofar University has created
a special unit that supports that goal. This is in line with Oman's Vision 2040,
which states unequivocally that it is
Background important to "improve the principle of just
and equitable access to social care for all
According to Oman's E-Census 2020, there members of the Omani society so that they
were nearly 11,000 children with enjoy social welfare."
impairments in the country. Oman offers a
variety of specialized and mainstream Impact at Dhofar University
services for those with disabilities; in fact,
the Sultanate was among the first in the In order to give students with special needs
area to push for children with special needs the right services and assistance they
to be included in mainstream education. require, DU’s Students with Disabilities
Support Services Unit works hard to
As efforts have been made to care for anticipate all the difficulties they face while
students with disabilities at various levels of on campus. In addition to providing after-

study, the education of persons with admission preparatory training that
disabilities has seen a sharp increase in
recent years and has attracted the
attention of both the Ministry of Education DU’s Students with Disabilities
and the Ministry of Higher Education. Support Services Unit works hard to
anticipate all the difficulties
students face while on campus.

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