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Chapter 14

SPECIAL EDUCATION

First Special Education institution in the district was established in 1997 for
imparting primary education to physically disabled children, which was later
upgraded to secondary level in 2011. After the promulgation of the Punjab
Local Government Ordinance, 2001 the responsibilities related to the Special
Education were assigned to the Executive District Officer (EDO) Education.
In 2004, a separate department was created for Special Education, which
continued to work under the overall supervision of the EDO Education. The
same year, 3 primary schools were established at 3 tehsil headquarters i.e.
Alipur, Jatoi, and Kot Addu. (These schools were later upgraded to middle
level in 2012.) In the year 2007, a Slow Learners School was established in
the district to help with the education of those children who had difficulty in
learning due to a variety of reasons. In 2015, another institute, i.e. the
Government Special Education Centre Muzaffargarh, was set up. Similarly,
Government Muhammad Hassan Qadri Special Education Centre Seetpur,
Tehsil Alipur was established in 2016. Furthermore, establishment of the
Government Special Education Centre, Chowk Sarwar Shaheed, Tehsil Kot
Addu, has also been approved as part of the Annual Development Programme
2019.
All these institutes are looked after by their respective principals and
headmasters/headmistresses whereas the overall control vests in the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) Education, Muzaffargarh.

As regards the manpower position in the institutes of the Special Education
in the district, there are 84 sanctioned posts for the teaching staff and 78 for
the non-teaching staff.

About 650 students are currently being benefitted by the Special Education
institutes in Muzaffargarh. Free pick and drop service is provided to these
students, and 10 buses are available for the purpose. Furthermore, free
hostel facility is also available for such students.

Special students from Muzaffargarh have been able to prove their talents in
various fields. Four students from the Government Secondary School of
Education for Deaf Students have represented Pakistan in the Deaf Cricket
World Cup 2018. One student is still the vice-captain of the Pakistan Deaf
Cricket Team. Similarly, one gold medal and two silver medals were won by
the students of the same institute in All Punjab Sports Gala held in 2010. As
regards academics, a student named Asad Abbas—again from the

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