Statements, conventions, guidelines
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Towards inclusion in education: status, trends and challenges: the UNESCO Salamanca Statement 25 years on, UNESCO, 2020
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A guide for ensuring inclusion and equity in education, UNESCO, 2017
- also available in French, Spanish and Chinese
- Addressing exclusion in education – A guide to assessing education systems towards more inclusive and just societies, UNESCO, 2015
also available in French and Spanish - The Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities, UNESCO, 2015
- Equity and Inclusion in Education – A guide to support education sector plan preparation, revision, and appraisal, UNGEI, 2010
- Towards Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities: a Guideline, UNESCO Bangkok, 2009.
- Policy Guidelines on Inclusion in Education, UNESCO, 2009
also available in French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and German - Inclusive Dimensions of the Right to Education: Normative Bases, Concept Paper, UNESCO, 2008
also available in French and Spanish - Guidelines for Inclusion: Ensuring Access to Education for All, UNESCO, 2005
also available in French - The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education, UNESCO, 1994
also available in French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian.
Tools and toolkits
- Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education: the Key to Unlocking SDG 4 – Quality Education for All, UNESCO Bangkok, 2017
- Reaching out to all learners: a resource pack for supporting inclusive education,IBE-UNESCO, 2016
- Toolkit for creating inclusive, learning-friendly environments, UNESCO Bangkok, 2015
- Opening New Avenues for Empowerment – ICTs to Access Information and Knowledge for persons with Disabilities, UNESCO Global Report, 2013
also available in Portuguese
Other resources
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Artificial intelligence in education, compendium of promising initiatives: Mobile Learning Week 2020, UNESCO, 2020
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Global education monitoring report, 2020: Inclusion and education: all means all, UNESCO, 2020
- The use of UIS data and Education Management Information Systems to monitor Inclusive education, UNESCO-UIS, 2019
- On the road to inclusion: highlights from the UNICEF and IIEP Technical Round Tables on Disability-inclusive Education Sector Planning, UNESCO, UNICEF, 2019
- School for all: experiences of municipal public schools with inclusion of students with disabilities, ASD, GDD and high ability/giftedness, UNESCO Brasilia, 2017
also available in Portuguese - Still left behind: Pathways to inclusive education for girls with disabilities, UNGEI, Leonard Cheshire Disability, 2017
- Designing inclusive digital solutions and developing digital skills: guidelines, 2018
- Inclusive in action: empowering teachers, empowering learners, UNESCO/European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education Website
- 5 things to know about Inclusive Education, IIEP Learning portal, Blog
also available in French and Spanish - Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, UNESCO UIS
- Global Action Week: Equal Right, Equal Opportunity: Education and Disability, UNESCO website, 2014
also available in French and Spanish - Equity in education, UNESCO UIS
also available in French - UNESCO Global observatory on the right to education
also available in French and Spanish - UNESCO Bangkok website on Inclusive Education
- UNESCO Santiago website on Inclusive Education
also available in Spanish - UNESCO Ramallah website on Inclusive Education
- UNESCO Brasilia on Inclusive Education
also available in Portuguese - International Bureau of Education website on Inclusive Education
- Children with disabilities face the longest road to education, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) blog, December 2016
also available in French - Access to information for people with disabilities, UNESCO Communication and Information Sector website
also available in French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinise and Russian - UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector