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Category Archives: disability
Christophe: A COVID-19 learning hero for blind learners in Burkina Faso
Christophe Oulé became blind when he was 43. “It did not happen immediately,” he said. “It took six months. At first, I felt useless. When I first knew, I told myself, a person who is blind has no access to … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Inclusion, inclusion champions, inclusive education, learning
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Sign language in education is oft forgotten
About 34 million children worldwide have disabling hearing loss. Nearly 95% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, for whom sign language knowledge is crucial. Sign language introduces deaf children to basic expression and communication skills. Since most deaf … Continue reading
Mekdes: a COVID-19 learning hero for deaf children in Ethiopia
This blog is part of a series of blogs telling the stories of COVID-19 learning heroes, whose stories were celebrated during International Education Day. Right after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia in March 2020, the government ordered … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Learning, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, covid19learningheroes, disability, teachers
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The challenges of achieving inclusive education for people with disabilities in Nicaragua
By Indiana Fonseca y Katharina Pförtner, CBM CBM partners practicing Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBD) and Inclusive Education, working with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education and representatives from Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs), were invited to present a background paper on education … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Equality, Inclusion, Latin America
Tagged #Target 4.5, disability, education, Inclusion, latin america, nicaragua
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Millions of children with disabilities are missing out on education. Like me, they deserve to fulfill their potential
By Brina Maxino When I was 9 years old, a psychologist told my parents I had a low IQ because I was born with Down syndrome. Seven years later, I graduated high school as class valedictorian. At the age of … Continue reading
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Tagged disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusion champions, inclusive education
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Recovery packages ignoring the disadvantaged won’t hold ground
By Stefania Giannini, Assistant-Director General for Education at UNESCO The arrival of COVID-19 has driven wedges of inequalities to breaking point in all corners of the earth. Already, before the arrival of the pandemic, Latin America and the Caribbean was … Continue reading
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Children with disabilities are still often excluded from education
Today, December 3rd, marks the annual celebration of persons with disabilities. It is a reminder of the importance of removing barriers to education for all people living with disability, both visible and invisible. As many readers will know, the latest … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education
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Why laws and policies matter for inclusion
Laws and policies determine the framework for achieving inclusion in education. Hence the reason for launching the Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews website, PEER, which contains country profiles of laws and policies on areas specific to SDG 4, starting with inclusion. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 LAC Report, Caribbean, Inclusion, inclusive education, latin america, laws and policies
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Rhetoric versus reality of Indian education policies for children with disabilities
By Vibhu Sharma, Research Consultant, Disability and Inclusion, Theirworld I was enthralled to read this year’s Global Education Monitoring Report, focusing on inclusion and education. Being, first, a person with disability, and, second, brought up in India, I had to … Continue reading
Emerging from COVID-19 pandemic: A social inclusion approach to educating learners with disabilities
By Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, World Bank and Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of children to stay at home and physically out of school. Despite planned … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, covid19, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education
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