Poll – 2020 GEM Report

Poll: Inclusion and education – All means all

The 2020 GEM Report states that gender, age, location, poverty, disability, ethnicity, indigeneity, language, religion, migration or displacement status, sexual orientation or gender identity expression, incarceration, beliefs and attitudes should not be the basis for discrimination against anyone in education participation and experience. The prerequisite is to see learner diversity not as a problem but as an opportunity. Inclusion cannot be achieved if it is seen as an inconvenience or if people harbour the belief that learners’ levels of ability are fixed. Education systems need to be responsive to all learners’ needs.

The following ten recommendations take into account the deep roots of barriers and the wide scope of issues related to inclusion, which threaten the world’s chance to achieve the 2030 targets by the deadline. Take part in this poll and say which you believe your country should prioritise first.

Read more about the practical steps, and evidence-base for each of the recommendations below.

Using this list, find the twitter handle for your education minister or ministry and share your top recommendation for your country with them.

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Which recommendation is the most relevant for your country or region?

1. Widen the understanding of inclusive education: it should include all learners, no matter their identity, background or ability

1. Widen the understanding of inclusive education: it should include all learners, no matter their identity, background or ability 35.75 %

2. Target financing to those left behind: there is no inclusion while millions do not access education

2. Target financing to those left behind: there is no inclusion while millions do not access education 13.29 %

3. Share expertise and resources: it is the only way to sustain a transition to inclusion

3. Share expertise and resources: it is the only way to sustain a transition to inclusion 4.59 %

4. Engage in meaningful consultation with communities and parents: inclusion cannot be enforced from above

4. Engage in meaningful consultation with communities and parents: inclusion cannot be enforced from above 7.49 %

5. Deliver jointly across government departments, sectors and tiers: inclusion in education is but a subset of social inclusion

5. Deliver jointly across government departments, sectors and tiers: inclusion in education is but a subset of social inclusion 5.07 %

6. Make space for non-government actors to challenge and fill gaps: but also make sure they work towards the same inclusion goal

6. Make space for non-government actors to challenge and fill gaps: but also make sure they work towards the same inclusion goal 3.14 %

7. Apply universal design: ensure inclusive systems fulfil every learner’s potential

7. Apply universal design: ensure inclusive systems fulfil every learner’s potential 5.31 %

8. Prepare, empower and motivate the education workforce: all teachers should be prepared to teach all studentd

8. Prepare, empower and motivate the education workforce: all teachers should be prepared to teach all studentd 12.08 %

9. Collect data on and for inclusion with attention and respect: avoid stigmatizing labelling

9. Collect data on and for inclusion with attention and respect: avoid stigmatizing labelling 4.59 %

10. Learn from peers: a shift to inclusion is not easy

10. Learn from peers: a shift to inclusion is not easy 8.7 %