Towards Inclusion in Education: Status, Trends and Challenges - the UNESCO Salamanca Statement 25 Years on

Publication language
English
Pages
43pp
Date published
06 Oct 2020
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Children & youth, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Education, Gender
Organisations
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Link
https://en.unesco.org/news/new-publication-paving-way-toward-inclusion-education

‘All children should learn together, wherever possible, regardless of any difficulties or differences they may have.’ These are the principles adopted at the UNESCO World Conference on Special Needs Education held in Salamanca, Spain.

UNESCO’s new publication Towards inclusion in education: status, trends and challenges: the UNESCO Salamanca Statement 25 years on looks at the past, present and future since the Conference in Salamanca to guide the further development of inclusive national policies and practices.

This publication is relevant now more than ever before.

The COVID-19 pandemic is widening learning inequalities and affecting marginalized children and youth the most.

With this publication, UNESCO seeks to support Member States in their efforts to find more effective ways of addressing barriers to progress towards more inclusive education systems. The publication recommends actions to strengthen national policies, curriculum, assessment, school evaluation, teacher education and budgets.