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Jacqueline Rancharan Post 1

• 13 April 2021, 9:40 PM

What are features of an Inclusive School.

Creating an Inclusive school does not happen by itself it entails a partnership among different stakeholders.

Two important features of an inclusive school are; creating a positive teaching-learning environment by the teachers and school administration that will embrace all learners and provide them with a quality education that meets their individual needs as they experience the education experience along with their peers.  It also involves thinking about creative ways to make the school a place where all children can participate even if it means trying to allocate resources for materials for students and or conduct training courses for teachers to learn to teach in different ways or designing their lessons so that all children can be involved. 

Having strong leadership with a positive attitude for inclusion from the school principal will create an effective inclusive school because he/she will seek out for resources to determine the most effective ways of providing quality education in an inclusive environment.

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Rose Nyambura Post 2 in reply to 1

• 14 April 2021, 5:54 PM

Inclusive school

Very true Jacqueline. School  administrators and teachers play a major role in creating an inclusive school. Equally important is to sensitize parents about inclusive education and measures in place so that they can bring all their children to school irrespective of their abilities. Parents need to have confidence in school environment especially in Africa where parents are afraid that their abled differently children may face stigmatisation and hence prefer ti hide them at home. 


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Kossi Agbogan Post 3 in reply to 1

• 29 May 2021, 11:55 PM • Edited by the author on 29 May 2021, 11:56 PM

Sure, inclusive school creation should based on a inclusive vision from school leaders such as teachers, parents, the community and other stakeholders venturing in the same vein. 

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Sadaf Syed Post 4 in reply to 1

• 1 June 2021, 9:09 AM

I agree with your views Jacqueline about having strong leadership that deliberately seeks out information and allocates resources to facilitate learning for all students. In conjuction with this, I feel the school administration should also talk about inclusiveness regularly, at different forums and in school assemblies/meetings etc, in order to increase general awareness.  

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Merlin Pierre-Holder Post 5 in reply to 1

• 17 June 2021, 10:41 PM

Well said, I agreed with you .