Quality education system for children with disabilities

Children with disabilities face multiple forms of discrimination which leads to their exclusion from society and school. Attitudes toward children with disabilities, as well as a lack of resources to accommodate them, compound the challenges they face in accessing education. While lack of access to school is an issue, an equal concern is the inability of the education system to ensure quality education for children with disabilities.

What would be useful to do to improve the situation?

Promote accessible and inclusive learning spaces - Ensure physical accessibility for children with disabilities, including commuting and moving around in the school environment as well as having safe access to water and sanitation facilities whilst at school. Likewise, learning materials need to be made available in accessible formats to suit the needs of children with different types of disabilities.

Invest in teacher training for inclusive education - Where available, approaches to education for children with disabilities have changed over the years. While the initial emphasis was on ‘special schools, there has been a shifting that indicates a preference towards inclusive education. Preparation and orientation of teachers for inclusion should happen through teacher training which, besides the child-centred pedagogy will also address attitudes towards children with disabilities, and how to prepare/support families for them to be encouraged to keep their children in school and informed about their childrens potential.

Take a multi-sectoral approach - Barriers that prevent children with disabilities to access education are located both within and outside the education system, for example transport, social services for assistive devices.

Involve the community - The education of children with disabilities must include a strong involvement from community as well as from parents, being two key factors

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