Technical roundtable on inclusive education
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Key Information
Children with disabilities remain one of the most excluded groups from education. Of the one billion persons with disabilities worldwide, 150 million are children, according to the World Health Organization. However, there is limited information on who these children are and what their individual needs may be. As a result, countries often do not know how to include children with disabilities in their national education systems. Persisting stigmas, unconducive school design, and a lack of teacher training and appropriate learning materials on inclusive education makes their access to school and learning even more difficult. The Round Table addressed these issues by bringing together government experts, development partners, and major national Disability People’s Organizations from eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia and the Pacific. The participating countries included Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, and Viet Nam. The overall objectives of the Round Table were: - Identify critical data and capacity gaps at different institutional levels that may hinder efforts towards more inclusive education sector analysis; - Discuss the importance and usefulness of an education sector analysis in moving towards inclusive education sector plan preparation; - Present and discuss tools and good practices in moving towards an education sector analysis on inclusive education; - Take stock of current practices in disability-inclusive planning at national and sub-national levels; - Formulate the capacity needs to be addressed in a future IIEP and UNICEF training programme on inclusive education.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Global
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2018 - 2018
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School quality
Cross-cutting areas
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Other
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Community leaders
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
- People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community mobilization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Curriculum/learning
- Increased availability of learning materials
Facilities construction/improvement
- Construction/improvement of schools
Teaching
- Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general
Women's empowerment programs
- Advocacy/action
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved health - other