Inclusive Education

The barriers to inclusive education are well-understood now, and include inadequacies in policy and legal support, resources and facilities, specialized staff, teacher training, pedagogical techniques, flexible curricula, supportive leadership, and cultural attitudes. However, current thinking suggests that it is perhaps more useful to think about ways in which existing successful inclusive education practices can be identified and scaled up, rather than focusing attention on deficiencies.Key factors in inclusive education implementation include school and classroom level implementation such as school reviews and plans; training and supporting all teachers in inclusive practices, not just ‘specialized’ ones; and supporting school leadership to enact an inclusive vision for their schools. National-level implementation requires enabling policy to clearly articulate and support inclusive education; having strong systems to data collection and management; providing flexibility in curriculum; and coordinating with other aspects of society in which inclusive education factors, such as employment.

QESDO working to assured quality education in Ethiopia ,Tigray and Affar region on the following activities

·       Students’ capacity and motivation to learn :- determined by the quality of the home and school environments, the students’ health and nutrition status and their prior learning experiences, including the degree of parental stimulation .

·       Teachers’ knowledge and skill, experience and motivation :- Effective teaching determined by the individual teacher’s knowledge of the subject matter and mastery of pedagogical skills, which create a strong positive effect on student achievement .

·       Relevance and development of curriculum :- preparation and development of curriculum should be considered in light of what has been done to include the interests , needs and educational background of the students and their level of achievement.

·       Quality of infrastructure / facilities:- Modern and well Equipped building ,School furniture ,Library , laboratory and pedagogical center. For effective learning to take place availability educational equipment and materials inside the classroom is one of the important factors.

·       Textbooks :- After black board and chalk ,textbooks are the most common and most significant instructional material in most countries.

·       School management :- In the school system ,the manager (principal or head teacher) is a key person to organize and mobilize the schools’ human and material resources for the successful realization of educational objective .

·       Teaching - learning process :- well trained teachers use student centered teaching approaches in well managed classrooms and schools and skillful assessment to facilitate learning improve quality of education.

·       Science and technology:- . QESDO encourage the student to participate in science and technology innovation program.