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Direct linkJuma, Said; Lehtomäki, Elina – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Ever since the proclamation of the Salamanca Statement (1994) and the "Dakar Framework for Action" (2000), several countries across the globe have been improving their education systems making remarkable efforts towards inclusion. Furthermore, the "Muscat Agreement" (2014) proposes a global goal and targets for education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Download full textAkudolu, Lilian-Rita; Adeyemo, Kolawole Samuel – Online Submission, 2018
This report forms part of a broader study commissioned by the British Council and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) that surveyed research and doctoral training capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study includes six country reports, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa. This report addresses the outcomes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Access to Education, Research
Alla-Mensah, Joyceline – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2019
The virtual conference on inclusive education was held from July 1-12, 2019. It was open to all members of the UNESCO-UNEVOC TVeT Forum, an online community with more than 6100 members. The conference provided a platform for participants to share their knowledge and experiences about inclusive TVET in their countries. In addition, it sought to…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Kalin, Jana, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 15th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in June 2017 in Borovets, Bulgaria, and papers submitted to the 5th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conference Papers, Comparative Education, International Studies
Malakpa, Sakui W. G. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2009
Despite genuine efforts, countries in sub-Saharan Africa significantly lag behind sister nations of the world in providing basic education and more so in providing special education and rehabilitation services for students with disabilities. This work gives an overview of the magnitude of this problem and outlines some of its causes. In addition,…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Special Education
Eskay, M.; Onu, V. C.; Igbo, J. N.; Obiyo, N.; Ugwuanyi, L. – Online Submission, 2012
For a long time, children with special needs were educated along with other regular children in schools. The notion of special education was a Western phenomenon and concept in Nigeria. How were children with special needs educated without special education programs? This article will provide cultural perspectives on issues of disability and care…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
Chataika, Tsitsi; Mckenzie, Judith Anne; Swart, Estelle; Lyner-Cleophas, Marcia – Disability & Society, 2012
Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities mandates that disabled people should have full rights to education in inclusive settings. However, to ensure that educational polices and settings are designed to meet this criterion seems challenging to African countries that have ratified this Convention. This…
Descriptors: Evidence, Conferences (Gatherings), Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Saint, William – Higher Education Policy, 2009
This is a preliminary survey of the laws and statutes that determine governance arrangements for higher education systems as well as individual institutions in 24 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an overview of recent higher education governance trends within Africa, it describes the current range of practice and most common approaches…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Governance
Woolman, Stuart; Fleisch, Brahm – Perspectives in Education, 2006
School choice is often identified with right-leaning, voucher-happy, market-oriented public school systems like those found in the United States. Thus the proposition that a social democratic state such as South Africa will offer many primary and secondary school learners far greater choice strikes many as counter-intuitive and implausible. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Charema, John – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2007
Persons with disabilities, especially children and the young continue to be the most disadvantaged groups in all societies (Hegarty & Alur, 2002). They manifest a number of limitations and are subjected to social discrimination, impoverished educational experiences and above all, very limited work opportunities. In developing countries, where…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Inclusive Schools, Social Discrimination, Disadvantaged
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Dakar (Senegal). Regional Office for Education in Africa. – 1996
The 13 chapters in this book depict the challenges facing African nations in their efforts to develop their technical and vocational education (TVE) systems. Chapter 1, "TVE in Africa: A Synthesis of Case Studies" (B. Wanjala Kerre), presents a synthesis of the case studies in which the following major trends taking place within the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove, Ed.; Phillipson, Robert, Ed. – 1995
A collection of essays on linguistic human rights includes: "Combining Immigrant and Autochthonous Language Rights: A Territorial Approach to Multilingualism" (Francois Grin); "On the Limits of Ethnolinguistic Democracy" (Joshua A. Fishman); "Linguistic Human Rights and Educational Policy in Russia" (Alexei A.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Liberties, Classification, Democratic Values
