UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PATANDI TEACHERS COLLEGE OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION INTRODUCTION Patandi Teachers' College in Tanzania is one of the East African Countries. it lies within the topics, shares borders with Kenya and Uganda in the north. To the western side there is Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country also borders Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique in the south. We have the Indian Ocean in the east. Patandi is situated in Arusha Region, 12 km east of Arusha town, along the Moshi-Arusha Road. It is the sole college that trains teachers for special needs education in Tanzania. It started training specialist teachers in 1996, when the government decided to move the training from Tabora Teachers' College. This decision was made through the General National Conference on Special needs Education held at Arusha Internation Conference Centre in 1992. Patandi now has certificate level studies and higher awards. It was selected for this training due to the following conditions: Ideal environment and climate for both local and foreign professionals reliable communications network for both domestic and international all year round within easy reach of other related disciplines for our training programmers availability of adequate land for expansion of other infrastructures