Transcript Inclusive Education - Handicap International

Inclusive Education
Presentation to the Stammbach Foundation
By
Marc Schmidlin – Programme Coordinator
Hannah Corps – Technical Advisor for Inclusive Education
September 29th 2006
Reality for the world’s children
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Extreme poverty
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Harsh environment
- physical, social, economic & political
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Cultural beliefs and traditions about
disability
Why ?
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115 million children worldwide excluded
from education
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40 million of those are disabled
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Only 2%- 10% disabled children worldwide
attend school (UNESCO estimate)
...all children have a right to education
Global education context
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1989
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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1990
World Declaration on Education For All, Jomtien
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1994
World Conference on Special Needs Education
(Access and Quality), Salamanca
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2000
World Declaration on Education For All, Dakar
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2000
Millennium Development Goal 2
Universal Primary Education by 2015
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2006
UN Convention on Rights of Disabled people 2006
(Education Article 24)
Separate education systems
Children changing to fit the system
Moving forward towards
inclusive education…
An inclusive system
Inclusive Education - Key messages
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IE is a process and goal towards
Education For All…
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IE is about changing the school systems…
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IE is part of a broader goal towards an
inclusive society…
Our activities with Communities
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Awareness raising to
parents and
community leaders
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Promote Self
Advocacy groups for
disabled and non
disabled children
Our activities with Schools
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Making schools
accessible
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Adapting teaching
and learning
resources
Our activities with Authorities
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Training teachers in
schools and colleges
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Supporting Ministries
of Education to
develop inclusive
policies
Learning from positive examples of Inclusive Education
Inclusive Education
supported
by the
Stammbach Foundation
(2005 – 2006)
Project
“Promotion of access to
education for children
with disability in
Nicaragua”
Results
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557 disabled children supported in 6 targeted
special schools
163 disabled children included in 24 targeted
mainstream schools
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Each school provided with accessibility
assessment
286 children identified for technical aids
 32 children provided with adapted furniture
and/or assistive devices
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30 pedagogical counsellors and 14 pedagogical
advisers trained and provide follow up to inclusive
schools
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430 teachers trained
in 4 modules on
inclusive education
 30 schools, municipal and departmental MECD
delegation provided with didactic and office
materials and tools for child evaluations
432 disabled children receive psycho-pedagogical
evaluations
 114 disabled children benefit from curricular adaptations
 50 disabled children follow individual learning plans
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 Increased recognition of parents of non disabled
children and social and public actors of the rights
to education for ALL children
Summary of Achievements
with financial support from
Stammbach Foundation
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1422
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30
30
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318
44
430
Disabled children included in
30 schools
Accessibility assessments
Schools receive evaluation materials
and tools
Individual technical aids
Trained Educational Advisors
Trained teachers
Brenda’s story…
Brenda is 13 years old.
She has a severe motor and visual impairment
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“I now have friends
who play with me…”
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“My daughter’s life has
changed completely…”
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“We welcome disabled
children now because
they have the same
right to education as
the others…”
Future Challenges
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Implementation of policies and regulations
for disabled children to access schools
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Homogenisation of resource materials
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Continuous training for parents
Objectives for 2007/8
Strengthening
inclusive education
in 30 schools :
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Identification of disabled
children out of school
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Appropriate inclusion of
disabled children in
schools
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Quality follow up of
inclusive schools
Geographical extension
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Extend
inclusive
education
to 20 new
schools
30 schools phase 1
20 new schools
Working together towards an
Education for All!
Thank you