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USAID’s Office of Education is committed to collecting, analyzing, and using disability data in USAID education programming to ensure that efforts are inclusive of learners with disabilities and meet the Agency’s Education Policy priority of “expanding…
The World Health Organization and World Bank (2011) estimate that there are more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world. To address this population’s diverse needs, the United Nations drafted their Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
At the heart of the World Bank Group education strategy 2020: learning for all is the recognition that a holistic, multidimensional approach is essential to achieve education for all. Student-centered learning is a precondition for achieving inclusion…
This toolkit is designed to provide educators and their partners with a first-of-its-kind resource to do just that. Readers will find here easy-to-use explanations of the principles of universal design for learning (UDL). UDL is an approach to…
In line with its mandate, the 2020 GEM Report assesses progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education and its ten targets, as well as other related education targets in the SDG agenda. The Report also addresses inclusion in…
The IDA Inclusive Education Global Report has been developed as part of IDA’s Inclusive Education Flagship initiative, a component of the Disability Catalyst Programme funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID).…
Originally posted on World Bank News STORY HIGHLIGHTS One year ago, the Inclusive Education Initiative (IEI) was launched by the World Bank with the support of UK's DFID and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) IEI aims to…
Nafula, 8, reads aloud in class at Seeta Church of Uganda primary school. She is one of hundreds of students whose hearing is much improved after being fitted with a hearing aid. Photo: Rachel Mabaala/World Bank This Feature Story was…
Aligned with the message of the World Bank’s 2018 World Development Report: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise, ‘Every Learner Matters’ argues that for children with disabilities, the focus needs to shift from school access to prioritizing learning…
As governments respond to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the global community must ensure that persons with disabilities are included. This will require disability inclusion to be considered in all interconnected sectors; education, health,…
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