This blog is about the “Planning for Inclusive Education” programme in West Africa. This program supports 8 countries—Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone—to make sure children and young people with disabilities are included in all education policy.
The first step is around capacity building. Zeinabou Gaye, a participant from Senegal, said: “Inclusion is not just about having a student with a disability in a regular classroom. It requires a comprehensive transformation of the education system: teacher training, adapting infrastructure, gender responsiveness and raising awareness within the community.”