Implementing Inclusive Education
A Commonwealth Guide to Implementing Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Inclusion in education is a process of enabling all children to learn and participate effectively within mainstream school systems, without segregation. It is about shifting the focus from altering disabled people to fit into society to transforming society, and the world, by changing attitudes, removing barriers and providing the right support.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires the development of an inclusive education system for all. This revised and expanded second edition of Implementing Inclusive Education examines the adoption of the Convention and provides examples, both through illustrated case studies and on the accompanying DVDs, of how inclusive education systems for all children have been established in pockets throughout the Commonwealth and beyond.
The message is clear: it can be done. The task is now to implement inclusive education worldwide.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires the development of an inclusive education system for all. This revised and expanded second edition of Implementing Inclusive Education examines the adoption of the Convention and provides examples, both through illustrated case studies and on the accompanying DVDs, of how inclusive education systems for all children have been established in pockets throughout the Commonwealth and beyond.
The message is clear: it can be done. The task is now to implement inclusive education worldwide.
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Developing National Inclusion Policies
A number of countries, such as India, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda and the UK, and provinces that have responsibility for education policy, such as New Brunswick, Canada and Queensland, Australia, now have well-developed policies on inclusive education. Others, such as Pakistan, are only just developing policies. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh already have policies, but these appear to have little impact on the ground. Quite a few countries have policies that amount to integration, but not inclusion as defined here and in Article 24, for example Malaysia and Singapore.
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