Inclusive Education NOW!

"Inclusive education NOW!" is based on the simple idea that every child and family is valued equally and deserves the same opportunities and experiences in education, both formal and informal. The school and the society is restructured so that all students learn together! We are a group of educators tying to provide a practical approach and advice to schools and other educators seeking to achieve successful inclusion. The approach establishes essential criteria to encourage them to become fully inclusive communities, utilising all existing resources to their full potential. Our Aim is to provide a strategies for successful inclusion, which increases the awareness among both teachers and pupils and seeks to achieve a considered, respectful response to the needs of all who would wish to be a part of the community, ensuring entitlement and access to education for all. The Current Situation in Greece is children being placed in mainstream schools without appropriate support. Separating the physical ability from the learning ability is central to success – the appropriate authorities (local education authorities, schools) still find it difficult to separate the two.The continued inaccessibility of school buildings results in increased costs. Implementing our Strategy -Local education authorities need to promote and fully support inclusive education. -Schools need to recognise the benefits of inclusive education to both pupils and staff. -Promotion of Inclusion by Local Education Authorities -Inclusion of more children from special schools into mainstream schools. -Make as many schools as possible accessible, thus extending parental choice. -Actively promote awareness, amongst schools, of the range and types of disability of prospective pupils, before the student attends a mainstream school. -To ensure that the educational statement adequately reflects the pupil’s abilities as distinct from their range of disabilities. Inclusion should be Reinforced in Schools by ensuring all staff maintain a clear understanding of the disabilities of any child seeking to attend a mainstream school,fully informing pupils and allowing them to actively question any aspect of a potential inclusion,being flexible and realistic, actively involving parents and society,having a designated co-ordinator to implement an educational programme and ensuring inclusion is being achieved. Non-formal education is a distinction in learning between formal and informal learning. It is a very important tool when it comes to inclusion. It is learning that occurs in a formal learning environment, but that is not formally recognised. It typically involves workshops, community courses, interest based courses, short courses, or conference style seminars. The learning takes place in a formal setting such as an educational organisation, but is not formally recognised within a curriculum or syllabus framework. The four characteristics came be associated with non-formal education: -Relevance to the needs of disadvantaged groups. -Concern with specific categories of person. -A focus on clearly defined purposes. -Flexibility in organization and methods. In many northern countries the notion of non-formal education is not common in internal policy debates – preferred alternatives being community education and community learning, informal education and social pedagog For more information