Shimla, March 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has 3,352 children who are suffering from learning disabilities, Education Minister I.D. Dhiman said here Wednesday.

'There are 3,352 children in the state who are suffering from dyslexia and other such learning difficulties. Of these, 2,397 are those who cannot even go to school and are restricted to their homes,' he said during the question hour in the assembly.

The minister said special training programmes are being held for teachers to tackle and help such children.

'We have deployed special teachers to provide special home-based education to such children,' Dhiman said.

'So far 1,172 teachers have been trained through a 90-day foundation course on Education for Children with Special Needs being conducted by Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Bhopal,' he added.