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Tag Archives: Inclusion
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
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Learning
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
Son preference and girls’ education in India and Bangladesh
By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, Nazia Mansoor, lecturer, University of Paris, Dauphine (London), Teresa Randazzo, lecturer University of Venice Cà Foscari and Zaki Wahhaj, Reader in Economics, University of Kent, UK. … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Inclusion, right to education
Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender equality, Inclusion, right to education, target 4.7
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#AllmeansALL a call to action from 40 million European youth to mark Zero Discrimination Day
To mark Zero Discrimination Day 2021, the GEM Report team, the European Students’ Union, the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions and the Global Students Forum came together yesterday, March 1, to host an interactive webinar on the findings … Continue reading
Latin America: Countries should prioritise training teachers in the language of the community in which they teach
By: Silvina Corbetta, Argentinian researcher, coordinator and co-author of the case study “Los otros étnicos y la dinámica de inclusión-exclusión educativa en América Latina”, prepared for the 2020 GEM Report Latin America and the Caribbean- Inclusion and education: All means … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Language, Uncategorized
Tagged Inclusion, language, teachers, teaching
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Mother-tongue instruction and inclusion – a critical but complex relationship
The road to inclusion in education is not easy. Rather, it can often be full of dilemmas and tensions. The case of linguistic minorities showcases some of these challenges. Well-intended efforts to include can slide into pressure to conform, wear … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Language, Uncategorized
Tagged Inclusion, language, mother-tongue
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Providing education for nomadic people requires a flexible approach
An inclusive curriculum should be flexible. That means having a curriculum that is adaptable and accessible to various needs and abilities so as to increase student participation and engagement. There are degrees of flexibility, along a continuum from fully flexible … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Inclusion, migrant, migration, pedagogy, Uncategorized
Tagged 2021 Eurasia, curriculum, Inclusion, inclusive education, migration
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Inclusion in education in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
A new regional Report launched today in an event by the GEM Report, in partnership with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education and the Network of Education Policy Centers covers inclusion and education – the theme of … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Report, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, 2021 Eurasia, Inclusion, inclusive education
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Deprivation of liberty does not mean deprivation of the right to education: youth deprived of liberty require more attention in Latin America
By Javier Gonzalez, Director of SUMMA and Manos Antoninis, Director of the GEM Report About 16% of imprisoned individuals in the world are in Latin America and the Caribbean, including 27,000 young people deprived of liberty. The Bahamas, the British … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Youth
Tagged Inclusion, prison education, right to education
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Efforts to make disaggregated data available must continue in the Caribbean
Nationally representative surveys that ask education-related and individual background questions in comparable ways over time are crucial for monitoring equity in education globally. Yet, 41% of countries, representing 13% of the population, have either not carried out a household survey … Continue reading
