Education for All: Pathways Towards Increased Inclusion in the Early Years

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Inclusive education policies and practices improve learning for all children and lead to stronger communities, economies and societies as countries advance on their journeys to self-reliance. This is why the educational development community has increasingly prioritized inclusive education, reflected in the recent USAID education policy and the first ever DFID-hosted Global Disability Summit.

A shared set of best practices and evidence on how to include children with disabilities in mainstream classrooms is needed to improve the ability of all stakeholders, including host-country governments and local partners, to deliver meaningful and sustainable results. Panelists presented and discussed inclusive education research and practices from Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Panelists

Morgan Chitiyo, Professor and Department Chair, School of Education, Duquesne University

• Practitioner-Informed Professional Development to Advance Special and Inclusive Education in Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, and Zimbabwe

Eileen Dombrowski, Education Analyst, Early Childhood Development, RTI International

• Classroom Environment for Children with Disabilities in Kenyan Preschools

Brent Elder, Assistant Professor, Rowan University

• Inclusion Committees and Strategies for Inclusive Education in the Global South

Maria Kett, Honorary Reader in Disability and International Development, UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Healthcare

• What do we need to do to Promote Increased Inclusion in the Early Years?

Nidhi Singal, Professor of Disabilities and Inclusive Education, University of Cambridge

• Inclusive Education: Taking the debates forward

Moderator

Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (GP SURR) Global Practice, World Bank Group

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