-
This blog is written by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and is editorially independent from UNESCO
Translate
Category Archives: Inclusion
Children with disabilities can learn…and the pandemic should be no barrier!
By Rita Crespo Fernandez, Humanity & Inclusion 🔊 Listen to this blog Khursaid, who lives in Nepal, is in the 4th grade. He can only see when using glasses and has been using them since he was two. During the … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, disability, Inclusion
2 Comments
How to assess the education needs of internally displaced people in Ukraine and Georgia
🔊 Listen to this blog The escalation of tensions in Ukraine has been capturing the headlines in recent days. One of the lesser discussed dimensions is the strain internal displacement has put on education. After our 2019 report on migration … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Inclusion, migrant, migration, Refugees and displaced people
Tagged 2021 Eurasia, displaced populations, displacement, Inclusion, migration, Ukraine
Leave a comment
Why the drive to inclusion depends on improving our understanding of the lives and work of teaching assistants
🔊 Listen to this blog By Rob Webster, Centre for Inclusive Education, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK In many schools and classrooms across the globe, the drive towards the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Teachers, teaching
Tagged disability, Inclusion, target 4.c, teacher aides, teachers, teaching, teaching assistants
Leave a comment
Inclusion in early education in Singapore: towards more equitable foundations
🔊 Listen to this blog Just last month the Singapore Government made a welcome announcement. From the second half of 2023, all pre-schools will have an inclusion coordinator. This new role in schools will identify and provide support for children with developmental needs from … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Early childhood care and education, Equity, Inclusion
Tagged disability, equity, Inclusion, marginalisation, target 4.2, target 4.5
1 Comment
We are proud of the first ever policy on inclusive education in Sierra Leone: the National Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools
🔊 Listen to this blog By Dr David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education of Sierra Leone and Chair of the Advisory Board for the GEM Report I became the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education of Sierra … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Equality, Inclusion, Out-of-school children
Tagged Inclusion, inclusive education, Sierra Leone, target 4.1, target 4.5, target 4.7
2 Comments
In which countries do children attend single-sex schools?
🔊 Listen to this blog While enrolment rates disaggregated by sex might be easy to find, comparative cross-country data on how many children are in single-sex schools are scarce. As another International Women’s Day passes us by, it seems fitting … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion
Tagged Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, single-sex schools, target 4.5
2 Comments
Latin American and Caribbean countries must address structural discrimination to create educational opportunities for all
🔊 Listen to this blog Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by wide and persistent disparity by ethnicity. By most measures of well-being, including education, ethnic groups tend to fare worse than the rest of the population. The various … Continue reading
Posted in Equity, Human rights, Inclusion, right to education
Tagged 2020 LAC Report, Inclusion, target 4.5
1 Comment
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
1 Comment
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
Countries are still falling short of developing textbooks free of gender stereotypes
By Nicole Bella, GEM Report and Matthias Eck, UNESCO (Read in Spanish) Textbooks are powerful factors in the construction of gender identities. They transmit knowledge and present social and gender norms, shaping the world vision of children and young people. … Continue reading
