Blog series: Inclusive education for students with disabilities

Perspectives on the importance of making education inclusive for children with disabilities.

December 05, 2023 by GPE Secretariat
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Blind or partially sighted students at Sebeta School for the Blind walk together on campus after classes; Sebeta, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Blind or partially sighted students at Sebeta School for the Blind walk together on campus after classes. Sebeta, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch

It is imperative to ensure that children and young people with disabilities can receive a quality education. 

This requires accessible and inclusive learning environments, accessible teaching and learning materials, and innovative methodologies. 

There’s still a long way to go. Too many students with disabilities still experience social isolation, rejection and even bullying at school. 

The time has come for an inclusive future where stigma and isolation are no longer the norm, through fostering empathetic, inclusive mindsets, and accepting those who are different. 

This series of blogs features experts and practitioners' views about the importance of investing in inclusive education because the cost of exclusion far exceeds the cost of inclusion.

Bridging divides: The role of inclusive technology for learners with disabilities

While technology has the potential to bridge disparities for students with disabilities, accessibility and utility challenges can exacerbate inequalities. Here are some tools and resources to help development actors in designing, implementing and monitoring disability-inclusive technology solutions.
How to make education inclusive for students with disabilities: Youth perspectives

Perspectives from GPE youth leaders on inclusive education and what actions world leaders need to take to improve the education of students with disabilities.
Defining, teaching and fostering inclusive mindsets
Within schools, many students with disabilities still experience social isolation and rejection and even victimization in the form of bullying. To foster better inclusion, Special Olympics and the EASEL Lab developed a framework with the core pillars of an inclusive mindset as a guide for curricula and pedagogy.
Disability-inclusive education in emergencies: 7 principles for practice

INEE presents 7 principles to help educators and make education more inclusive for children with disabilities in emergencies contexts.
Disability didn't stop Isabella, a young advocate for inclusion in Papua New Guinea

Isabella joined the Papua New Guinea Education Advocacy Network (PEAN) – supported by Education Out Loud, GPE’s fund for advocacy – as a youth advocate to promote the universal right to education.
Vanuatu: Supporting schools, parents and communities to raise awareness for inclusive education

With GPE support, the Ministry of Education in partnership with Save the Children are working to transform education in Vanuatu by strengthening inclusive education.

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