INEE Good Practice Guide: Inclusive Education

Girls, children with disabilities, minority children, and child soldiers are some of the many groups who do not always enjoy full participation within society because they are marginalized or shunned. Discrimination in the educational sphere occurs at many levels – families often find themselves choosing which of their children to send to school, schools manifest community prejudices, and sometimes individuals tell themselves they are not capable of learning. Consequently, these marginalised children are often denied access to schools and a formal education. Special efforts should be made to provide basic education to these children because education is essential to enable them to survive and to participate in society. Educational interventions should focus not only on providing formal and non-formal educational services, but also on addressing the obstacles, such as discrimination and language barriers, that keep certain children from being included