Inclusive Education in Primary School

Inclusive Education

• Education is a basic human right that should be guaranteed to all children and adolescents, regardless of their social status, gender, age, ethnicity, race, language, religion, disability, and other characteristics.

Definition of Inclusive Education

• Inclusive education is a process that protects the presence, participation, and achievement of all individuals in equitable learning opportunities.
• It ensures that education policies, practices, and facilities respect the diversity of all individuals in the classroom context.

Reasons for Exclusion from Education

• Exclusion from education can result from discrimination or from a lack of support to remove barriers and avoid the use of languages, content, or teaching methods that do not benefit all learners.

Most Excluded Groups

• Persons with physical, sensory, psychosocial/mental, and developmental disabilities are often among the most excluded from education.

Principles of Inclusive Education

• Inclusive education acknowledges that all individuals can learn and that everyone has unique characteristics, interests, abilities, and learning needs.
• It means ensuring that barriers to participation and learning are removed and that curricula, teaching, and learning materials are adapted, made accessible, and appropriate for all learners.

Key Messages for Inclusive Education

• Education for All
• Opportunity to build inclusive education systems from the beginning
• Inclusive education is “democracy in action”
• Requires more focus on ensuring access for persons with disabilities
• Early interventions and provision of accessible and inclusive teaching and learning materials and reasonable accommodations ensure access, participation, and learning achievement of all learners.
• Meaningfully engaging communities in education efforts
• More efforts are needed to strengthen disability-data collection tools and processes
• Training, supporting teachers' wellbeing and motivation