Global inclusive education updates from EENET and other organisations.
[Blog] From lived experience to advocacy: Addressing barriers in education for students with disabilitiesA GPE youth leader gives insights from her experience of inclusive education in a Caribbean context. She gives an example from her own life: “The most challenging subject for me in school was mathematics where visual representations were critical but rarely accessible. I often felt excluded during geometry lessons where teachers would point to shapes … Continue reading [Blog] From lived experience to advocacy: Addressing barriers in education for students with disabilities [Blog] Mongolia: Inclusive education helps students with special needs stay in school
This blog tells the story of one boy who had dropped out of school to explain Mongolia’s strides in inclusive education. Thanks to a teacher who was trained in inclusive education the boy was encouraged to return to school. The boy received counselling sessions, too, to gain confidence. The boy’s progress “reflects Mongolia’s expanding system-wide … Continue reading [Blog] Mongolia: Inclusive education helps students with special needs stay in school [Blog] Signs of Change: Equipping Teachers with Tools for Inclusive Classrooms – South Sudan
“With less than half of children in South Sudan currently in school, inclusive education isn’t optional – it’s essential,” this blog states. It describes a programme by Education Cannot Wait in South-Sudan that promotes inclusion, in this case teacher training in sign-language and braille. There are other initiatives within this programme like providing assistive devices. … Continue reading [Blog] Signs of Change: Equipping Teachers with Tools for Inclusive Classrooms – South Sudan [Article] Missing 1.5°C temperature goal would condemn 38 million young children to unprecedented heatwaves in their lifetime
“Failure to limit global heating to 1.5°C would condemn nearly a third of today’s five-year-olds to unprecedented levels of dangerous heat during their lifetimes.” The figures, released by Save the Children and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) map out the scale of climate extremes children will face at different levels of warming. Save the Children added: … Continue reading [Article] Missing 1.5°C temperature goal would condemn 38 million young children to unprecedented heatwaves in their lifetime [Blog] What we can learn from families of children with disabilities about inclusive family, school, and community engagement
In this commentary, the authors share some of the lessons on family, school, and community engagement from their collective work, and a workshop plan for school educators, education leaders, and organizations striving to identify barriers to and opportunities for stronger family, school, and community partnerships. “In recent research conducted by CUE in collaboration with schools … Continue reading [Blog] What we can learn from families of children with disabilities about inclusive family, school, and community engagement