St. Rita Innovative Education Programs to Enhance the 4th UN Sustainable Goal

(SRPDA)

St. Rita Foundation School

Developing Inclusive Education In Cameroon



The mission of St. Rita Foundation Nursery and Primary Inclusive School- Buea Cameroon is to ensure that ALL students learn in a safe nurturing environment that meets the needs of individual students while actively involving family in the learning process.

St.Rita embraces individual differences by creating greater opportunities for all students to recieve the individual attention, and instructions they need, including special education services, in well-structured inclusive classrooms to enable them attain the highest quality of education.

The St. Rita's middle/secondary school known as The St. Rita of Cascia Comprehensive College went operational in October 2021.

With the motto, “Be Proficient in Learning and Character”, the middle/secondary school’s mission is to empower students to be compassionate leaders. The goal is to create a challenging academic environment that will open students’ minds using novel methods, technologies and curricula aligned to national and global standards.

The St. Rita of Cascia College is another unique institution that is offering innovative programs in Science, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) and a Vocational Training Program for Youths with disabilities. 

Our next goal: The St. Rita's Parents' Support Program (SRPSP).

Nwankem Benevolent Foundation has partnered with STEM Kids NYC in the USA for the STEAM program. Under the dynamic leadership of Ms. Yvonne Thevenot, her organization STEM Kids NYC is offering the STEAM program to the St. Rita's students via Zoom conferencing in a face-face weekly sessions. What an exciting experience for these teenage students in St. Rita Buea to sit behind a computer and receive instruction from professionals in the USA.

The Vocational Training Program for Youths with Disabilities is provided by local entrepreneurs using local materials to prepare them for long life education that will help transition them to adulthood and independent living.

The St. Rita Professional Development Academy (SRPDA), another innovative initiative to sustain our dream of Inclusive Education in Cameroon. SRPDA is an online/distance education program meant to equip the St. Rita's teachers whose teacher training is limited to teaching only in general education classrooms. SRPDA is an online program in which experts in Special Education, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy use videoconferencing and other communication tools to provide St. Rita's teachers the skills and competencies they need in their Inclusive classrooms in St. Rita. SRPDA is managed by other experts in online/distant learning in the USA who form an integral part of the SRPDA team.

Inclusive Education


The mission of St. Rita Foundation Nursery and Primary School- Buea Cameroon is to ensure that ALL students learn in a safe nurturing environment that meets the needs of individual students while actively involving family in the learning process.

St.Rita embraces individual differences by creating greater opportunities for all students to recieve the individual attention, and instructions they need, including special education services, in well-structured inclusive classrooms to enable them attain the highest quality of education.