I would encourage them by projecting the importance of stakeholder inclusion. In addition, there should be more interaction and corporate connectivity so as to foster financial sponsorship, internship programmes etc. 

As the famous quote accurately points out, "It takes a village to raise a child." Stakeholders need to be brought to the realization that the school cannot solely support a child. Some of the support systems needed by children exist outside of the school e.g. providing a ramp for a child who uses a wheelchair. As such, the schools need assistance in securing resources to meet the needs of all children so that the goals of education can be achieved. One of the main challenges is availability of funds based on the resources needed as well as the time frame for which they will be accessed.

By having documented proof that stakeholder involvement does have a positive impact on student learning outcomes.

I would persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school by showing them that a home , school and community partnership is the best way to ensure the holistic development of the child. As educators we need to involve every in the education of the child.  Through the involvement of everyone it will be easier to get resources that is needed in many schools. One drawback in my community might be the willingness of everyone to become involved and participate in activities.

Encourage the school management committee to prepare and recommend the schools development plans to the relevant local authorities or government. Additionally, encourage them to monitor the utilization of the funds by making sure the schools acquired all the relevant resources needed by the teacher and students. 

Underlying the need for external support to help aid in the growth of the school explaining the need for support can eventually lead to helping with funding for programmes and plans the school would like to carry out

Getting them to understand the connection between the external support and the holistic development of the students. 

Challenges would obviously come from external persons with respect to the reasoning of why they should be involved in supporting the growth of the school.

By highlighting and emphasing the need to support the school by bringing the SBMC much more closer to the school admin to view the action plans of the school, the needs of the school in terms of inclusive teaching/learning

By bringing them much more closer to the school, to be fully aquanted with the needs of the school through overview of it's development plann in terms of inclusive teaching/ learning, structure and inda structural needs

I would encourage charitable organizations and other stakeholders in the school to begin feeding programs as this seems to be a tremendous issue at my current school. We would need to liaise with different organizations as well as parents to help to make a difference. Currently we have student teachers that come to our school every year to assist teachers in literacy programs. These links are what help to build an inclusive school. 

I would encourage the school management committee to make links outside the school by, firstly conducting research on possible external stakeholders to ensure that they can meet an existing need at the school. Next, this information will be provided to the school management committee showing the benefits (to a specific child and/or the school as a whole) of working together with external stakeholder.

I would request for a bench marking visit to a school which has benefited from such links. If physical visit is impossible then a video show of a local school with a success story could help persuade them.

The challenge that may arise in this case is negative attitude of the people I will be persuading towards creating such links. Some may fear inference of the school by outside forces in terms of things like culture, religion and other social norms.

I would persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school by gathering proof of how this can benefit the school and performance of the pupils.

Challenges involved would be the extra time and effort it would take to launch such a task.

I would persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school first by reaching out to old boys and girls (Alumni) who hold positions of responsiblity in the society. These would not only assist in material needs but would also be a motivation to the learners with or without disabilities. 

The challenge would be getting the alumni but social media could be of assistance here.  

The citation from Week one on "Working with Families, Communities and Stakeholders" really resonated with me. 

“There are many ingredients to successful inclusive education from trained inclusive teachers and accessible schools, to the right kind of policies and action plans at national level, but without getting the support of the local communities, and changing attitudes where there is stigma about disabilities, there will never be true change.” Julia McGeown, Humanity Inclusion (2020, p11)

I would remind my school management committee that stakeholders play an important role in managing schools. They are the partners of the school leaders in making the schools conducive to teaching and learning. This is even more so of importance in an inclusive school. These stakeholders include: teachers (special education teachers, general education teachers and resource teachers, family, community, parents, peers, principal, state representatives, administrators, cultural institutions, parent teachers organizations, local business owners, advocacy groups and media outlets. The list can go on.  I will try to persuade the committee that effective collaboration and partnerships will help to broaden perspectives and increase mutual understanding. It really does take all of the people involved in the life of a child to give their best in doing their part in the raising of a child. 

In my community, the challenges will definitely be lack of funding and the availability of assistive technologies to aid disabled students.

Our school currently engages in many community improvement and social projects.  These projects often focus on disadvantaged students but charity for the wider community is also engages . The only challenge I can envision would be a limited amount of resources to distribute.

School staff conduct in-house research daily both formally and informally.  They share their observations casually during planning time, make log entries, write reports and observation, gather children's work representations, supervise children at lunch time, toileting and during outdoor play, engage children in discussions. 

 These research driven practices are then put into a report format together with pictures and other documented facts as supporting evidence for requesting appropriate external links that would benefit the school and the child.

I would raise the issue in the school management meetings after studying and analysing data on academic work on students as well as discipline and social life of students. We would seek to understand the underlying causes of poor academic performance of some students. No doubt some reasons would include issues of special needs. These can be addressed by training staff, and approaching potential partners such as suppliers, county government authorities, volunteers and Non-governmental organizations to help provide needed resources to enhance inclusivity.

I will provide evidence to showcase how effective it can be for them have links outside the school. Challenges that may arise is the outside link may not want to be involved, thus focus groups consisting of both parties can be involved. The topic will highlight the importance of collaborating.

I would use documentation of successes and challenges the school have faced over a period of time without the assistance of stakeholders.  Have meetings with community members and launch a pilot project. Get them involved with school activities and show them the importance of creating a community wide link to the school, parents and children.  It is important that partnerships are formed with the school and the community. 

In our School Management Committee one member is the chair person of the Parents Teachers' Association (PTA). Once we agree on an issue as the Board of the School Management, we explain to the  PTA Chair to make sure he understands what to say and represent us in PTA. He also brings us information from parents.

I think it would be better if policy allowed us to meet parents directly and talk to them so that we directly explain the innovations we propose for the school on inclusion and welfare of all children.

School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) work to increase communities’ involvement with education, hold schools accountable, and to help improve the quality and effectiveness of schools. They provide a way of helping the education authorities to listen to what adults and children want from schools, and a way of increasing the contributions of everyone in the local area to making education work well.

I will present research reports on how SBMCs in many schools have been able to:

·        mobilize resources for projects in schools through philanthropists, old students’ associations, women groups, and extensive community participation;

·        secure helps from professionals and specialists for children with various disabilities for relevant aids and even as far as developing their interests in various arts and crafts;

·        contact organizations to handle cases of abuse of students, following them through to prosecuting offenders with varying degrees of punishments.

·        bring more children from excluded groups into school

·        contribute to community empowerment and participation in education

·        enable women, children and other excluded groups to have a voice

·        hold duty-bearers to account regarding improving schools and education for children

·         improving the capacity of civil society and government to stimulate demand, support and monitor SBMC development.

The possible challenges will be mainly in terms of funds to mobilize the SBMCs to move round. Not every member may want to go about mobilization of resources for the schools with transportation support.

I would  persuade a school management committee to make better links outside the school to which connects the home, school and community.  A walkathon was held and  students, parents and  teachers met  with people of the community along the way and had the opportunity to relate the purpose for having the event. The community knew what areas the the school  needed assistant and contributed by providing a technician to fix the computers at the school. This enable health official to  have a health fair at a the school inviting the community to attend and use the services provided for  parents and children. This help support learning, children attended school frequently and academic achievements were  high. When this is achieved they are many benefit for all stakeholders to grow, contribute and create positive  partnerships to develop an inclusive school.

 A challenge that would be involved is that  some teacher time may be affected . They may have to spent longer hours at the school to facilitate planning.

How I would convince my local stakeholders including the school management committee to make better links outside the school?

I would advocate that in fostering inclusive education  we need  the cooperation, help and support of all stakeholders  both internal and external. I will also provide data and supporting  documentation  based on observations  and research on how forming  better links  outside the school will continue to enhance the development , as well as meet the needs and support the school and the learners.  Continous assessments and documentation  will have to be done presenting  what are the needs of the school and who do we have to form links with outside of the school to ensure the school and the environment is conductive  for teaching  and learning for all. Working together  with other stakeholders  outside of our school willl broaden our resource personnel with ideas, strategies,  contributions,  skills, knowledge,  resources ,techniques, and create a network of teams ensuring that school is the place where quality teaching and learning takes place and where there is inclusivity.

A challenge will be not only the convincing  of the current stakeholders but also those who you will  want too form links  with outside of the school to work along with local stakeholders within the school. Another challenge is that of time in convincing stakeholders  but it can be done with the support and help of those within the school community working along as a team. 

HI,

It is not difficult to convince our management team the importance of including outside links since we have been doing it for  along time. Teachers and administration try to find as many stakeholders who can help in whatever ways they can. We definitely need to have more community assistance and that would be encouraged.

However at this time it can be said that persons are not as willing to share their resources or time as things are not so stable during this time of the pandemic. Hopefully when we return to normal schooling they would see the need to re-visit and help more.

Regards, 

Michelle

I would first discuss with them the benefits of inclusion of every child in the school, tapping their full potential and that all are able. We would then explore the requirement giving them my experience of watching this inclusive school; then agree that we need varied resources and effort  to make a school inclusive which then we would see is expensive and that we need stakeholders to come in to help and for stronger ownership and sustainability.

I would persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school firstly by doing my search and and introducing them to a school that already has these policy and implementation of other organizations and stakeholders as a part of their school and bring to their awareness the positive impacts that it brings to the students learning with disabilities. Secondly, I will suggest working together with the school to gain information, awareness and skills about the process and strategy to take before implementing it on our own. Thirdly, I will plan my own mind map of the outside links that can be associated with the school and the impacts that they make towards the school and the students. One challenge that may be involved is the getting a positive attitude, encouragement and participation from everyone to go about doing this.

I would first and foremost identify the school as an institution charged with the responsibility of educating children and helping them in whatever way possible to reach their maximum potential. In some instances this may mean providing the parents with information needed to access special help. It may mean summoning special services that are available through the various Ministries (school feeding programme, student support services, guidance counsellors, district health  etc) by recommendation to the school. It may mean organising professional development workshops for teachers on how to make their classrooms more inclusive and therefore reach all learners. One challenge may be the time factor involved in securing certain services as guidance counsellors for example serve vast areas with several schools. 

Schools can work together with public stakeholders to assist with challenges to schools. For example, in Trinidad and Tobago, the local bus service PTSC provided transport for persons with disabilities and also has wheelchair access. 

Some Non-profit organizations also offer free tutoring, homework centers and counselling for schools to use. It would be beneficial if school officials use these services.

I believe  school management committee can be persuaded with a proper proposal showing them the need for making better links outside the school. 

These are very good suggestions Sharlene, Melissa and Maryssa. Thank you for sharing.

The goal of the school is to offer its students the best education possible. In order to do this, the needs of all students must firstly be identified and met. There are many schools that lack the resources to accomplish this and as such links outside the school are an essential part of being able to provide same.

 In a school there must be proper collaborations and opportunities to share ideas and views and we must also be willing and brave enough to point out when the school management committee is falling short so that they can seek assistance. 

After researching to gather information on the benefits of having links outside of the school, I will then present my findings too school management.  The challenge I will meet is getting everyone on board too the idea of having those links.

To persuade the school management committee to make better links outside of the school we can firstly provide statistical data, and an overall school development plan for the stakeholder depicting the need for support and the benefits and roles that would be allocated to them. This stakeholder must be reviewed beforehand as to ensure the requirement the school needs can be fulfilled by the chosen stakeholder as well as an upkeep in the both individuals’ reputation.

To persuade the school management committee to make better links outside the school and offer the best quality of education, we must provide research data and the benefits of having stakeholders included. The school alone can only do so much and would require external assistance from stakeholders such as charity youth groups, businesses, and even the Ministry of Education. With assistance from the government through grants, this can greatly assist the school in providing an inclusive learning environment to all students. A report will be submitted to the stakeholders for them to see how the financial sponsorship was spent towards achieving the goal of providing for the students. They will be pleased to see their input had a positive impact on improving education. The drawback may be of course the time needed to get the stakeholders to agree and the time for projects to be completed.

First I would encourage the school management team to prepare or invite teachers to professional development sessions on Inclusive Education, informing and changing the teachers attitude about disabled children and inclusion would be of paramount to start a school program to help the disabled and abled students.

 Secondly invite the specialists around the community and together as a staff convince all stakeholders to work in School Program for Student Inclusion. Together as a community identify the objectives of a program of inclusiveness and assign different roles and responsibilities to enhance every child's strength to become part of a community.

I would enlighten the SMC on the interlinkages between the school, community and other stakeholders to the achievement of learning outcomes. also the appropriation of time where the learners spend time between school and after school. the possible challenges would be resource and skill constraints as well as attitudes of the other stakeholders

 "It takes a village to raise a child."  This  is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.

Stakeholders need to convinced  that the school alone  cannot be the only support  for a child to grow, learn and develop to his/her fullest potential.

I would persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school by highlighting the benefits of collaboration. If the school management committee can see the actual return on investment, they will be compelled to extend their links to outside individuals and organizations. One such benefit might be positive PR (Public Relations) that comes from such collaboration. Connecting with individuals and organizations that are active in the community by way of volunteerism will shine a positive light on your school and encourage engagement with outside advocates. 

I would highlight the various issues that plague many of the students in our school. Some of them do not have stationary, exercise books textbooks, proper uniforms, breakfast, lunch, and the list goes on. Many times we focus only on disabilities but these other issues also contribute to our students performing at their fullest potential. Inclusion means all! Get parents involved by means of the PTA. The involvement of outside links will assist to alleviate some of the needs that present amongst our students. Some challenges that might be involved are getting staff to see stakeholders as an asset; permission from the Ministry 

To persuade my school management committee and other stakeholders to make better kinks outside the school, I would ask them to imagine the opportunities they would like to be available if they had a child with special needs. I would also inform them that our role requires us to ensure that NO child is left behind and it is our responsibility to do our part to ensure that the needs and rights of the children in our care are met. Finally, I will share the idea that making links to improve service to the children will not only improve standards and the quality of service at the school but also uplift the community as well.

I would highlight the importance and benefits of making linkages. One of the main challenges will be teacher attitude

I would persuade the school management committee to make better links outside the school by presenting a proposal which includes research showing how external stakeholders can offer support to benefit the child and school. A challenge may be the commitment of time.

I will present to the school committee the importance of stakeholder involvement. Engaging other ministries and community organizations highlights both the strengths and challenges the school experiences. Increase resources and partnerships can result in a richer experience for students and other immediate stakeholders (teachers, parents, etc)

Hi everyone!

My persuasion would be actually bringing in an "outside" agency representative like for example from Rotary Club or Tip Toes Dance academy and let them present how they can contribute to the school and their successes thus far. Hopefully with that, they can be persuaded. The challenge would always be having an open mind. Once we get past that point, its gold from there.  

A while aback, the School Social Workers engaged the stakeholders of their communities to gain a better understanding of the community in which they work with. 

In keeping with this, the same can be done between the school management committee and outside links. This way the school's stakeholders can all share ideas and collaborate for needs to be met.

I will persuade my School management committee to make better links outside the school by, highlighting the benefits of these links to the school and community and providing documentation from other schools that benefitted from these partnerships. 

I would firstly keep a record of what actually takes place in the classroom on a weekly basis and highlight the importance and benefits that can be achieved by reaching out to communities, stakeholders, sponsorers etc

I think school management committees can have community workshops inviting links outside the school in aim of educating them about the importance of their involvement in schools. They can also use different mediums to educate them also such as news papers, television programs however these ventures may come at a cost which can pose a challenge.

Persuading school management committee to make better links outside the school should not be a big obstacle as most if not all teachers are always looking for new ways to cost effectively bring about change at their school. Additionally, the schools in Trinidad usually accommodate the children that live nearest the school, this is a positive because it will encourage teachers to venture out into a community that will know the children and the families a little more personally and may be more willing to help out in any way possible.

First of all, I will present the following arguments: Education is a right for all children, all children`s voice should count in the decisions of a country, schools need to be inclusive schools, every child can learn, all children have a potential towards the development of our society. Secondly, I will provide evidence of schools who have embraced the idea of inclusive schools. Lastly, I will share with them the idea of partnership and the positive results when all possible stakeholders take part in being a team player towards the achievement of the goals. I will present testimonies from parents, teachers, students and stakeholders.

These are great suggestions Doyla, Makeda, Anna and Samuel. Thank you for sharing

I will try to convince my local stakeholders including school management committee to make better links outside the school by way of news letter, going out into the community and meeting with the people making them aware of the school. Post phots and videos of children on the school site, if one is available, Highlight the positive accomplishments of the school first,  and then highlight what is needed to benefit all children. One challenge I can see is lack of commitment and consistency. Stakeholders might start of helping and then there might be a long absence of their services. This tend to happen when a specialist is source, sometimes there is no funds to keep them.

To convince school management committee to make better links outside the school, I would point out the advantages and pros of building such a relationship. When the various stakeholders are all working towards the same outcome it becomes easier to achieve. Much needed resources, resource personnel and financial assistance towards infrastructure and materials will stand a better chance of being achieved.  IN the long term it means a better quality education for our children.  After all educating our young ones is an investment into the future and a community stands to benefit from this.  The biggest challenge will definitely be time for those involved to meet and plan as in these economic times everyone seems to be always so very busy.

I would persuade the school management committee by presenting the existing resources in the community that can assist the children. I will highlight the ability of the community to aid in the development of the school, and permit sensitization regarding inclusive education for the community.

The challenge that I would anticipate is the attitudes of persons that may not understand the intervention taking place.

As the proverbs states " It takes a village to raise a child." I grew up with this term, it engraved a lot of morals and values into the society at large. To  convince the stakeholders to make a better link outside the school, I suggest that a community workshop be held at the school to educate persons about the accomplishments of the school and how relevant their contribution is to the well being of our learners. Children are the future of the world. Investing in their education, be it voluntarily or economically will encourage learners to reach their full potential. One challenge posed is the lack of funding to keep a consistent workshop.

The key points and reasons I would present to the school management to convince them to support my plan for creating an inclusive school is as follows. Firstly, I would appeal to their humanity, showing different case studies of how exclusion affects families and children. Then I would reiterate the fact that children do not ask to be different or to have special needs and that any child can be born with disabilities. Secondly, I would appeal to the educator in them and allow them and remind them that all children can learn if given a chance and that if we all work together, we can all help. Therefore, building relationships with stakeholders such as local businesses can help fund physical attributes of an inclusive school by helping with infrastructures and funding social programmes such as nutrition. As such religious groups and community development groups or even a higher rate of parental involvement will help. These can help as volunteer teacher assistants and building social acceptance by the community and other children on special needs children and people. Also, the local health facilities can help with identifying health issues and educating the community as well.

The risks or challenges that setting up these school management and local district office may be government’s policy towards such involvement in schools from outside sources or the lack of support from stakeholders and cultural barriers. A risk can be that stakeholder’s vision and values may not line up with the school’s vision. However, the advantages may be that the stakeholders buy into the belief that all children can learn and that everyone can do something to help.  

I would encourage the committee to provide for the participation of the parents in the governance of the academics and activities of the school. Parents who are involved in their child's learning can provide more support outside of the classroom. 

As the proverb states "it takes a village to raise a child." I will suggest community workshops to be held at the school. In this way the stakeholders and parents can see the children's work and educators will inform persons about accomplishments of the school and how their input can successfully benefit. Through this forum I will convince the school management committer to make better links outside of the school.

I would present a paper on importance of being and 8nclusive school and how the different learners would benefit from the practice. I would also table the likely challenges in making our school an Inclusive school and at the same time give existing opportunities. For example I would propose a dropping center for children from poor families where they could be provided with food and assisted in doing their homework. The challenge here is human resource and physical facilities. The solution would be to use volunteers and do proposals to NGOs working with children from poor families and children with special needs.

Reasons I would present would be to elevate the school’s ability to better reach all children within the community. Highlighting the well-known school of thought that education can lift persons out of poverty, thereby benefiting the community immediately and in the future.

Raising the key point that supportive partnerships have higher rates of success than a singular entity (such as schools) trying to shoulder the entire burden of assisting marginalized students and families.

Challenges may include persons, whether it be families or community organizations who may be unwilling to be involved for one reason or another. Another challenge may be a lack of strong leadership to mobilize such ventures.

The clear advantage would be all students’ needs, both academic and social, being met, thereby giving them opportunities to realize their individual potentials.

Before persuading the school management committee to make better links outside the school, I would need to identify and list reasons for outside links, name the stakeholders, document what's at stake, plan a course of action, and impress upon the minds of administration and school leaders the importance of forming strong partnerships among their constituents. "Effective programs to engage families and communities embrace a philosophy of partnership. The responsibility for children's educational development is a collaborative enterprise among parents, school staff, and community members." Henderson and Mapp, 2002.

Creating a network outside the school is very important and can benefit  all involved. 

To encourage the School Management Committee I would relate the importance and benefits of including Special Community Groups and NGOs to the school community, for example there can be a lot of Professional Development opportunities especially with respect to the various disabilities, support and guidance and an overall sharing and maximising of resources which can lead to a better understanding by teachers, parents and students. Thus improving school and student success.

The challenge with any programme is getting the individuals to drive the programme forward continuously.

I would suggest the use of the Past Pupils Association. Look for success stories and have those persons be the links that support the school from the outside.

I would emphasise the need for a village to raise a child. By including other stakeholders in the education process, we give the children a better chance of being successful as more resources can be pooled and relationships strengthened.

I will first of make the school management committee to know the success made so far in the area of making the school inclusive. That much more could be achieved if we make links outside the school in the area of resources, funding and specialists that may be required.

One challenge that I foresee interfacing with the outside link is prompt response

In an effort to convince local stakeholders including school management committee to make better links outside the school, I would provide a case study of  a specific family that require the assistant. However, some challenges that might be involved is revealing explicit information about the family because some details may have to remain confidential which can be used as evidence in the process of gaining the committment of the team to offer support.

To the school management committee: Collaboration among all stakeholders in education is critical to the success of the inclusive school and the students. This establishes accountability and keeps all entities in the communication loop re: the needs of the school and the needs of the students. This takes the pressure off of the schools since all stakeholders could assume responsibility for different aspects of the school and bi-monthly meetings could monitor progress in each area.

I would persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school by using one day workshops with stakeholders in which information is shared that helps them to understand inclusivity. During these workshops they will complete activities that places them in the position of the learner, group work and case studies to discuss/ solve. Challenges involved may be time to plan, setting up schedules, getting stakeholders to be interested to take time off for the topic.

I would persuade them by letting them know the importance of having links outside the school because the school cannot do it alone as the saying goes ' it takes a village to raise a child'. Some challenges that may be involved is that the stakeholders may not want to get involved or that the school committee may not want to work with people outside the school.

 I would convince them by facilitating workshops for members in the community to understand inclusion and the importance of it. It is important to create an ethos community and ensuring the stakeholders is aware of inclusion in schools. This can benefit the school financially when fundraisers are hosted as well as provision of resources needed.

1. I will urge them to create a work environment for teachers to share the challenges they go through in matter iclusivity and share possible suggestions on how to tackle the challenges. 

2. I will urge the management and administration to share with parents about inclusive education during open days, sports days and cultural day in order to create awareness. On the same events I would encourage those with disbility to show case presentations together with everyone else so that parents can have an opportunity to witness that it is possible to work together and that their children are welcoming diversity. 

I would highlight the importance and benefits of a relationship with stakeholders. This could be done by sharing success stories as well as other data relating to stake holders participation. Also persons who are members of other organizations, if willing, can share their experiences with stakeholders and the benefits relating to the school and students. However, it can be a challenge to find persons who are willing to share information relating to their school and stakeholders.

I would persuade my school management committee to ensure that they do have a plan drafted to share with links outside the schools.  Data collection on children's progress, challenges and projections for inclusive education should be recorded.  Understanding the importance and role of stakeholders is an advantage to the school.  

One challenge that might be involved is financial support.

Activity 4.4

I will persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school by presenting evidence from data collected on the benefits that can be derived from schools collaborating with stakeholders as oppose to schools going it alone.

Challenges that might be involved are, to change the ethos of some teachers and stakeholders and the adjustment of some of the school policies to include the stakeholders.

As it is said previously, the whole village can be involved in raising a child. Weaving a network of stakeholders around a school is a great opportunity to have all children included to the school community. and make sure that all of them are learning something. This stand needs to be sprayed out to parents and all stakeholders who can bring some contributions to the school community. However, the school staff should know that not all stakeholders sensitised would get involved at a time. Some of them would take more time to jump in. The school staff should not stop acting showing the necessity to get stakeholders to co-educate those who are supposed to replace them in the future. 

I would use the old proverb, 'it takes a village to grow a child' and I will show how each stakeholder plays and important part in children's wellbeing and development. One challenge that we often encounter is that people always believe that the schools are well funded and waste the resources that they possess, however, this is further from the truth.

I would point out the advantages of making links outside the school such as provision of services that are lacking in the school such as therapies for children with disabilities.

To persuade my school management committee to make better links outside the school I will first reiterate the importance of Inclusive Education to ALL learners. Highlight the advantages to schools, families and the communities partnering together to ensure ALL children have an opportunity to receive an education regardless of their differences. 

Challenges that might be involved are:- 

Resistance- lack of cooperation from community members to accept change.

Financial aid to assist with infrastructure and resources.