THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – FOCUSING ON PRIMARY EDUCATION 36 who went beyond the call of their duties and responsibilities and used their own resources (financial) to purchase some of the teaching materials. That said, the Commission firmly believes that it is the duty of the Government to ensure adequate allocation of resources in this respect and the teachers should not be expected to meet the gap, if any. 112. On the distribution of the PCG allocation, the Commission took note that, unlike Special schools where the distribution is made through the Special Education Division of the Ministry of Education, the PCG allocation for SEIP in mainstream schools is channelled by the Accountant –General’s Department of the Ministry of Education to the school through the State Education Department. The Commission was not provided with the information on the total PCG allocations for CWLD, despite our request to the Ministry of Education. Likewise, although the Commission discovered that all schools, including those with SEIP, are required to submit their annual financial statements to the relevant state education department for transmission to the Ministry of Education’s Internal Audit Department, the Commission was not able to access the actual or total expenditure for the teaching and learning programmes for CWLD. 3.5.2 Investment in infrastructure 113. The nexus between disabled friendly schools and the success of programmes aimed at including children with disabilities, including CWLD, into mainstream education is an established fact. Recognising this, the CRC Committee in its General Comment 9 (2006)51 stresses on the responsibility of a State Party to oversee that adequate funds are allocated for the education of children with disabilities, including appropriate funds to renovate schools to render them accessible to these children. 114. In Malaysia, the Ministry of Education provides annual allocations for renovation to schools with SEIP programmes. Para 20 of the General Comment No. 9 by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Rights of Children with Disabilities. Available at http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/ Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2fC%2fGC%2f9&Lang=en 51

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