72 THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES – FOCUSING ON PRIMARY EDUCATION j. Curbing the problems related to insufficiency of schools, special education teachers and poor vocational training as well as job opportunities. Panel 6: Community Based Rehabilitation Centre: Empowering CWLD by Puan Lily Chin, Assistant Manager, Unit Pembangunan Komuniti & Khidmat Masyarakat, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Kebajikan Am Negeri Sabah Puan Lily briefed the participants on the following points:45. Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) provides prevention, rehabilitation and development programme which can be implemented with active involvement from family and community members. 46. In Sabah, CBRs had operated since 1995 and cater to all types of disabilities, age and gender. As of June 2013, there were 28 CBR Centres, 140 workers and 1611 children with disabilities in CBRs. 47. CBR Centres facilitated in empowering the education of the children with learning disabilities and has been recognised as an alternative to special education in accordance with the requirements of compulsory primary education as enshrined in the Education Act 1996 and Education (Special Education) Regulations 1997 in particular for children with moderate and severe disabilities. It provided the education in the course of alternative and augmentative communication. 48. She welcomed the existence of job coaching for PWDs and highlighted that CBR Centres also supported in employment by providing training and courses for supervisors and personnel of CBR personnel so that they could find appropriate jobs placement for these children. 49. She further informed that CBR Centres also provide opportunities to their students to participate in sport and recreation activities including Special Olympic Young Athlete (specific for children with learning disabilities aged seven and below), Abilympic (cooking, bakery, photography and sewing activities) and Talen time (singing and dancing activities which organised by Semai Bakti; twice a year). 50. With regard to the exposure for children with learning disabilities to the Internet and technology, CBR Net was introduced in CBR Penampang and Putatan. Children with learning disabilities were given touch screen computer to learn about computer’s Programmes and play games. To date, 10 computers have been donated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). 51. The existence of CBRs was not only for the development children with learning disabilities and their personnel but more importantly is an institution established by the community for the community with support from the Government.