First graduates of the Institute of academic techniques for the Visually Impaired and Blind in Issia, Côte d’Ivoire

The Institute of academic techniques for the Visually Impaired and Blind, located in the town of Issia, western Côte d’Ivoire, presented (on July 10, 2021) its first seventeen graduates who have just completed three years of training. The Institute of academic techniques for the Visually Impaired and Blind is an educational institution for children with vision impairment or blindness aged between 3 to 10-11. The Institute teaches Braille, a tactile reading and writing system for persons with vision impairment or blindness and prepares the students for integration into the traditional education system upon graduation.