Global inclusive education updates from EENET and other organisations.
[UK Resource] Activity Alliance launches inclusive education PE hubThe Activity Alliance has launched an inclusive education PE hub for schools and colleges in England. As the sport and leisure sector began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Activity Alliance supports organisations to increase their commitments to inclusion and to embed inclusive practice into all programmes. The hub provides support for teachers and school … Continue reading [UK Resource] Activity Alliance launches inclusive education PE hub [UK online community] NDCS launches professional community on Facebook
This month the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) in the UK has launched a professional community for those working with deaf children and their families. The community is hosted on Facebook and is for professionals in education, health and social care to come together and discuss topics relating to working with deaf children. [UK advocacy] Open letter to Ofsted from early years professionals
An open letter, co-ordinated by Early Education and supported by the Early Years Alliance, has been sent to Ofsted (the UK’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills). The letter expresses concerns around the quality of Ofsted’s early years review: ‘Best start in life part 1: setting the scene’. The letter highlights nine areas of concern with … Continue reading [UK advocacy] Open letter to Ofsted from early years professionals [New report] Inclusive education in the Arab region
UNESCO Beirut recently published ‘Promoting the Inclusion of Children and Young People with Disabilities in Education in the Arab Region’. The report analyses inclusive education in Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and makes recommendations for future actions. The report focuses on persons with disabilities but recognises that other groups … Continue reading [New report] Inclusive education in the Arab region [New report] Missing in Climate Action
This report was launched to coincide with the recent COP27, UN Climate Change conference in Egypt. The full report title is ‘Missing in Climate Action: Stories of persons with disabilities from the Global South’. It shares the experiences of people with disabilities affected by the climate crisis in Madagascar and Bangladesh, and highlights that people … Continue reading [New report] Missing in Climate Action