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Inclusive Education in Pakistan

Inclusive Education in Pakistan

Inclusive Education in Pakistan

Inclusive education is a new concept; a few schools are striving to create an inclusive environment through experimentation with various approaches. These approaches include establishing new inclusive schools; giving access to children with disabilities to existing schools; persuading children without disabilities to join special education institutions; keeping children with special needs within regular school although in separate classrooms; and supporting schools with multi-grade inclusive classrooms.

Most schools in Pakistan are crowded and poorly equipped. The pedagogical methods applied in mainstream, special and inclusive schools are largely copying and memorizing. The teaching– learning process addresses the individual learning needs of children in a limited way, and there is little scope for creativity or critical thinking. Students are expected to obey the teacher. There are some schools that still practice corporal punishment.

Inclusive schools that demonstrate good practices in Pakistan are restricted to big cities in the private sector. Most are not accessible to children with disabilities living in remote or rural areas. Special education support is usually not available to disabled children in rural areas. Parents are not willing to send their challenged children to school, as they fear that they will be stigmatized or that their children will not be able to keep up with the class. In some places, school directors or teachers refuse to accept a child with moderate disability for these types of reasons. Distance and other problems related to commuting to school add to the difficulties for these children.

Steps taken to Promote Inclusive Education

However, the government of Pakistan has taken some serious steps to promote inclusive education and has succeeded to a greater extent. These steps include;

Milestones of Inclusive Education in Pakistan

On its way to inclusive education, different milestones that Pakistan has achieved individually or in collaboration with UN are as under;

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