Inclusive Education

Inclusive education is seen as “a process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners through increasing participation in learning, cultures and communities, and reducing exclusion from education and from within education.”

Challenges to Inclusive Education

Challenges and Barriers to Inclusive Education

Physical Barriers, Attitudinal Barriers, Accessibility, Financial, Educational, Social, Emotional, Curriculum, Infrastructure, Pedagogical…..

Community Support for Inclusive Education

Mobilizing Support for Inclusive Education

The community resources which are easily available for inclusive education include schools, teachers, peer groups, service clubs etc.

UN Initiatives for Disable Children

UN Initiatives regarding Persons with Developmental and Psychiatric Disabilities

1971: Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, 1975: Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1982: World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 1991: Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care, 1993: United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, 1997: Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

Rights of Disabled Persons

UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975

The United Nations General Assembly in its 2433rd plenary meeting on December 9, 1975 proclaimed the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, which provided the basic principles of action for The World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons.

Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons

UN Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, 1971

The United Nations General Assembly in its 2027th plenary meeting on December 20, 1971 proclaimed the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, which provided the basic principles of action for The World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons.

BRCs and CRCs

Role of BRCs and CRCs under SSA

Block Resource Centres (BRCs) and Cluster Resource Centres (CRCs) were established in each block of every district under SSA to conduct in-service teacher training and to provide academic support to teachers and schools on a regular basis as well as to help in community mobilization activities.

Developing Collaboration within School Community

Peer support is a strategy that involves placing students in pairs or in small groups to participate in learning activities that support academic instruction and social skills.

Participation of Parents in School

Developing Collaboration with Family and Other Caregivers

Involving parents and the community is an important principle of quality, both in and out of the classroom. It is even more relevant in the case of inclusive education, which is much broader than formal education and should not only take place within the four walls of a classroom. Parents’ collaboration is not only of […]

Features of Inclusive School

Universal Design for Inclusive Schools

Universal design is a concept that has evolved from the more traditional view of accessibility as being solely for the benefit of persons with disabilities. The practical application of universal design is achieved through understanding and using the goals of universal design.

Inclusive Education

Inclusion in Education

Understanding Inclusion Inclusion is based on the belief that students of all abilities have the right to an education that is meaningful, appropriate and equivalent to that of their peers. It is a way of thinking and acting that allows every individual to feel accepted, valued and safe. An inclusive community evolves to meet the […]