Voluntary Welfare Organisations . One VWO will be running a new SPED school in the year 2002. ESN children between the ages of 6 and 13 attend Chao Yang Special School, Jervois Special School and Katong Special School. APSN schools have a community referenced curriculum, where pupils are equipped with life-skills as well as basic academic skills in English and Mathematics and Mother Tongue. Delta Senior School prepares pupils for open employment in hotels, restaurants, factories and offices through its pre-vocational training programmes.
Pupils follow a curriculum tailored to their special needs.
They are taught basic literacy, numeracy, social and self-help skills. For pupils with moderate mental retardation, the programme aims to train them in simple repetitive work in open employment. Pupils with severe mental retardation and who have emotional disorders or autistic tendencies are taught in special classes. These classes are small, usually with four or five pupils in each class, and the curriculum consists of training in basic self-help skills and language development. The school runs three programmes, namely the pre-school programme, the special class programme, and the primary school programme.