INCULSIVE EDUCATION
AVANI RAJESH KAMATH B
What is inclusive education?
• An education system that includes all students, and
welcomes and supports them to learn, whoever they are
and whatever their abilities or requirements.
• This means making sure that teaching and the
curriculum,school buildings, classrooms, play areas,
transport and toilets are appropriate for all children at all
levels.
• Inclusive education means all children learn together in
the same schools.
• No-one should be excluded. Every child has a right to
inclusive education, including children with disabilities.
• The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) recognizes the right to inclusive
education for all persons with disabilities
Why is inclusive education important?
• The educational case:
i. All children learn more effectively
• The economic case:
ii. It is cost effective
• The social case:
iii. It contributes to more inclusive societies
• It improves learning for all children – both those with and
without disabilities.
• It promotes understanding, reduces prejudice and
strengthens social integration.
• It ensures that children with disabilities are equipped to
work and contribute economically and socially to their
communities.
Inclusive education is connected to children with disabilities
realizing other rights.
REQUIRES
• Non-discrimination
• Best interests of the children
• Right of the child to be heard
• Protection from violence and abuse
Promotes:
• Opportunity for life within the community
• Support with mobility • Participation in public life
• Access to health care • Exercise of legal capacity
• Habilitation and rehabilitation • Work and employment
• Adequate standard of living
Inclusive education systems
• Commitment and investments from education ministries – it takes time and money to
changesystems.
• Support for teachers and students – teachers need training and guidance, and students
need to be provided with services to overcome barriers to learning.
• Promotion of respect for diversity and inclusive learning – action is needed to challenge
negative attitudes and prejudice against children with disabilities.
• High expectations of all students – teachers need to invest in and support all children.
• Safe and inclusive environments – children cannot learn if they are frightened either of
teachers or bullying from other children.
CONTI..
• Partnerships between parents, organisations of people with disabilities and
schools – inclusive education will benefit from the widest possible experience
and knowledge.
• • Systems to monitor progress – it is vital to measure whether the situation is
improving, and if not, what further changes are needed.
Requirements to make inclusive education happen
• An end to discrimination
• An end to excluding children with disabilities
• Access to primary and secondary education – with sufficient
numbers of accessible and inclusive schools, including for
children with disabilities caught in crisis and emergencies.
• Practical support or adaptations for students to enable
them to learn – this is called ‘reasonable accommodation.’
• Individual education plans for children with disabilities
setting out what accommodations and support they need
CONTI..
• Services for specific impairments such as learning braille
or sign language, classroom reorganization and
accessible learning materials.
• Teachers adequately trained to work in inclusive schools.
A checklist of actions governments must take to
make inclusive education reality
√ Commit all government departments to work towards inclusion
√ Introduce laws and policies to end discrimination and guarantee the right
to inclusive education
√ Make a plan of action and timetable for introducing inclusive education
√ Make money and resources available to enable the transition to inclusion
√ Collect information and measure progress
√ Bring an end to institutions for children with disabilities
√ Provide early childhood care and education
√ Provide teacher training for inclusive education.
√ Introduce inclusive testing and assessment
√ Introduce complaints procedures
• States should be working as quickly as possible towards
a full inclusive education system. This is called
progressive realization.
• They should not do anything that slows progress or
prevents this from happening without very good reason.
THANKYOU
