Guide to identifying and helping pupils with learning difficulties and special educational needs (SEN)

The Ministry of Education has the mission among others to ensure that children with learning difficulties and special educational needs (SEN) are supported with their learning in our schools. It is important that those children are supported to acquire foundational skills in English and Mathematics in P1-P3 as these are critical for their future learning. It is in this context that Rwanda Education Board is honoured to avail this Guide for identifying and helping pupils with learning difficulties and SEN. The guide builds on information which is in REB’s Guide to Inclusive Education for Pre-Primary, Primary and Secondary Education. The purpose of the guide is to enable teachers to identify children who have learning difficulties and identify actions that can be taken in the classroom to help those children learn more. The guide includes indicators of various learning difficulties which will help teachers identify and categorise the learning difficulty of a child. For each type of learning difficulty there are lists of actions which teachers can try to support the learning of children.