School for sign language to serve Zarqa, Russeifa areas

AMMAN — HH Prince Mired, president of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on Monday opened the Amal School for Sign Language in Zarqa, which accommodates 200 students.

During the inauguration ceremony of the USAID-funded school, Education Minister Tayseer Nuaimi said that the ministry seeks to enhance the role of partnerships and agreements with organisations that are concerned about people with disabilities.

Nuaimi noted that the ministry operates 11 schools for people who are deaf across the Kingdom, in addition to having special classrooms that are equipped with necessary tools and support for students with hearing difficulties at public schools.

Public Works and Housing Minister Falah Omoush said that the 5,700-square-metre school has 27 classrooms and five kindergarten rooms and laboratories for testing hearing and speaking, and will benefit Zarqa and Russeifa.