58 THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – FOCUSING ON PRIMARY EDUCATION being provided by NGOs. While recognising similar efforts are being introduced by the Community Based Rehabilitation Centres (CBR), he noted that the quality of services vary due to the lack of expertise. 26. He then highlighted several concerns regarding the current services including absence of specific Individualized Education Plan for each student with learning disabilities; negative perception of inexperienced teachers towards students with learning disabilities; and limited or non-existence of training curriculum on learning disabilities for medical student in some universities. Panel 7: Community Based Rehabilitation Centre: Empowering CWLD by Tuan Adnan Abu Bakar, Director of Department of Development of People with Disabilities, Welfare Department, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development 27. Tuan Adnan Abu Bakar informed the participants the importance of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR). He stressed that CBRs is a platform where community contributes towards the development of its members including children with learning disabilities. CBRs provide prevention, rehabilitation and development programmes such as basic training and rehabilitation activities in movement, speech, education and daily-living skills. These programmes are aimed at developing children with learning disabilities to become independent individuals who are fully integrated into the community. 28. He also highlighted that active involvement of the family and community also would assist the children with learning disabilities to improve and develop themselves. 29. He also shared to the participants with regard to the percentage of the children with disabilities. As of April 2013, the number of registered children with disabilities who received their early education in 486 CBRs nationwide was 21,138. According to a profile research known as Program Semai Bakti, Pusat Pemulihan dalam Komuniti which was conducted in 2012, 59.9%of the enrolled children were children with learning disabilities. The other categories were speech disabilities (14.94 %), physical disabilities (10.81 %), cerebral palsy (8.24 %), hearing impairment (3.71 %) and visual impairment (3.03 %). 30. He highlighted that the Welfare Department had allocated an annual grant amounting to RM75 million to be given to all CBRs. The grant is meant to cover the cost of running the CBR including payment of allowances and EPF for caregivers and supervisors, rental of premises, utilities and programmes and activities. 31. The supervisors and personnel of CBRs are given the opportunity to participate in various training provided by the Welfare Department including basic course for CBRs’ personnel, rehabilitation training, early intervention training course, basic management course for children with disabilities as well as care and education of children with learning disabilities course.