Students with Special Needs Sector

Speech by the Vice President of the University for Students with Special Needs

Proceeding from the primary concern of Misr University for Science and Technology for developing the capabilities of its students at all levels and from all groups, the university established the Sector of Students with Special Needs to support them, develop their capabilities, and integrate them into society. This perspective is in line with the state’s plan to care for people with Special Needs and provide them with a decent life. The sector aims to solve the problems facing these students in various academic, social and medical aspects. Therefore, the sector has established a database that contains a case study of each student individually and the recommendations of the specialized evaluation committees. The sector is closely following up the implementation of these recommendations through direct communication with the various sectors in the university. The sector also offers various activities that aim at developing awareness of the importance of each individual’s role in supporting students with special needs to prepare them for a decent life during their university stage and afterward.

Dr. Fatma el Diwany

Associate President for talented and Disabled Students.

Mission

Vision

The Sector’s Goals

Sector Mission

The Sector looks forward to identifying the needs of students with special needs, meeting these needs, seeking to integrate them, developing their skills, and preparing them- according to the type of their disability- to practice their lives and prove their merit and distinction.

Sector Vision

To make Misr University for Science and Technology a leading regional center in providing various medical, educational, and psychological services for students with special needs.

The Sector’s Goals

Establishing infrastructure and an integrated system that qualifies Misr University for Science and Technology to become an educational institution that attracts students with special needs, which adds a very important point of distinction to the university, especially in light of the state’s interest in this category and consider it one of the priorities for the next stage.
Providing services for people with special needs, including taking care of this category of students and implementing development programs to enhance their abilities.
Preparing and implementing approved programs for educating people with special needs and enabling them to finish the university education stage, and providing all that this goal requires as modifying the way curricula or exams are set according to the reports submitted by the competent committees for each case individually.
Conducting comprehensive survey research to determine the different rates of disability and to provide appropriate support methods for these disabilities.
Training the professors in charge of teaching and the parents of students with special needs on how to deal with the type of disability the student has on a sound scientific basis.
Holding seminars to raise community awareness and organizing local and international conferences that present various talks about the field and cooperate with similar institutions to benefit from all experiences.
Holding artistic festivals that host students of special needs from various corresponding universities.

The Sector’s

Providing all student aid on the academic scale through the assignment of academic advisors concerned with following up the progress of the educational process for students with special needs and following up the development of their academic status.
Providing the necessary on-campus facilities to facilitate the movement of students in the university.
Facilitating the involvement of students with special needs in the activities that take place at the university to give them the opportunity to have a positive role in society and to utilize their energies in the best possible way.

Participation of these students in training courses specially prepared for them.
Continuously striving towards improving the level of educational service provided to blind students and preparing textbooks appropriate to their condition in order to enable them to achieve educational attainment and follow up scientific courses. Moreover, preparing an effective unified mechanism to deal with blind students, by providing Braille devices as well as computer programs intended for this category of students, such as programs that convert text into voice or voice into text.
Allocating an independent unit in the Central Library that contains computers equipped with support programs for students with special needs, as well as Braille printing devices, in order to guarentee the required privacy for students.

Allocating an independent unit in the Central Library that contains computers equipped with support programs for students with special needs, as well as Braille printing devices, in order to guarentee the required privacy for students.
Preparing special exam committees for students with special needs, each according to his case, in implementation of the recommendations of the specialized evaluation committees, by providing an observer to write for the student, or modifying the exam method to suit the student’s capabilities.
Training people of determination to qualify them for the labor market.

The possibility of employing students of determination at the university after obtaining the graduation certificate.
Providing medical services and physiotherapy services free of charge through the Student Care Unit at the University Hospital.
Activating the University Service Card, which provides many facilities for students with special needs.

Integrating students of determination into the various activities of the university, whether sports, cultural or artistic events.
Providing transportation for students with special needs through university transportation.