COVID-19: Schools urged to ensure quality educationBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe National Federation of Teachers’ Unions yesterday urged education authorities to pay attention to the quality of online classes offered to students with disabilities. The quality of learning for students with disabilities, specifically those with visual impairments, should not be compromised because of the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan, the union said. As with in-person learning, students with visual impairments need audio descriptions when learning online, it said. Someone needs to describe the images in the livestream in spoken language so that students with visual impairments can understand them, it said. The Ministry of Education should require schools to reduce the impact of long-term use of electronic devices on students’ eyesight while carrying out online teaching, it said.

Source: Taipei Times May 25, 2021 15:56 UTC