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SINGAPORE : The Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) has opened a new school in Woodlands.
The Woodlands Garden School operates alongside the Woodlands Employment Development Centre.
Health Minister Mr Khaw Boon Wan was at the opening on Friday and toured the buildings, which are equipped with 24 new classrooms.
Two hundred and ninety students and 250 vocational trainees attend classes there.
With new facilities like a gross motor room to develop motor coordination, MINDS said it can now deliver a higher quality of special education to intellectually-disabled children.
The construction of the new school and centre costs S$13.6 million. - CNA/ms
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