Event
Inclusive education: an imperative for advancing human rights and sustainable development
Inclusion in education is not a slogan. It is a necessity for persons with physical, emotional, developmental, and intellectual disabilities.
Learners with disabilities are at high risk of segregation or exclusion from education. Worldwide, laws emphasize segregation in 25% of countries, partial segregation in 48%, integration in 10% and inclusion in 17%. Even inclusive policies do not guarantee proper and effective implementation. When learners with disabilities are in schools, they often do not receive the support they need.
Live webcast
The event will be 13 June from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm (EDT). Sign language interpretation and captioning will be provided on UN TV.
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Attend in person
If you are attending the event in person, please register by Thursday 8 June, 4pm EDT.
At the margins of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN-CRPD) the "Inclusive Education: an imperative for advancing human rights and sustainable development" event will take place on 13 June (at UN HQ and ).
It is a follow up to the UN Transforming Education Summit. Convened in 2022 by the UN Secretary-General in response to the global crisis in education. A crisis of equity and inclusion, quality and relevance. The Summit called for National Commitments. 87% of these recognized “the importance of ensuring more inclusive education systems to cater for the needs of the most vulnerable learners and communities.”
The event precedes two major events: the 30th Anniversary of the and the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit.
It also echoes the .”
The objectives of the event are to:
- Discuss the challenges of learners with disabilities;
- Share innovative and effective policies and practices to move towards inclusion in education;
- Share experiences of persons with intellectual disabilities; and
- Review progress and barriers to inclusive education.
The co-hosts of this event are: UNESCO, Inclusion International, and the Permanent Missions of Colombia and Portugal to the United Nations. The co-sponsors are: the World Bank, the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD), the International Disability Alliance, the International Disability and Development Consortium’s Inclusive Education Task Group, the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network Inclusive Education working Group, and Perkins School of the Blind.
A thematic area of this year's CoSP is “reaching the under-represented groups of persons with disabilities."
