suffering
from self-shut up, medium-to-serious mental retardation
and more than one handicap. Kindergartens and pre-school
classes of primary schools in some localities began
enrolling handicapped children. In many localities,
technical and vocational education was provided
to blind, deaf and mentally retarded children while
they were receiving compulsory education. In medium-sized
and big cities and economically developed areas,
nine-year compulsory education has been made universal
for blind, deaf and mentally retarded children.
The last decade has also witnessed the emergence
of secondary technical education for blind, deaf
and physically disabled youth, and senior middle
school education and higher education for blind
and deaf youth. The Ministry of Education rules
that common institutions of higher learning, specialized
middle schools and technical schools shall not refuse
admission to handicapped students because of their
handicap if they are academically qualified.
In the
year of 2001, the number of special education schools
in the whole country was 1535, among which were
28 for blind men, 871 for deaf, 163 for deaf-mutes,
and 473 for aments. There were also more than ten
thousand special education classes and students
in ordinary schools. The total number of students
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education in the mainland was
386,400, among which there were 34,100 blind students,
102,800 deaf students, and 249,500 retarded students.
The recruit disabled children amounted for 67.59
percent of the total recruit students, and the
disabled students studying in ordinary schools
amounted for 69.86 percent of the total.
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