2. EFA is about the Right to education 140 000 000 children are left without education Countless others are being marginalized within the education system

3. The Scene of Exclusion Poverty, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, minorities Identify barriers

4. What are the main excuses? Lack of: Financing Teacher training Accessibility Transports Books and materials Technical assistance However, if there is a will there is a way!

5. So what are the main obstacles? Lack of will! Why? Attitudes! Expectations! Prejudices! Presumptions!

6. From Exclusion to Participation Denial Acceptance 1948 Declaration of Human Rights 1989 UN Convention (Rights of the Child) Understanding 1993 UN Standard Rules 1994 Salamanca Statement Knowledge 2006? UN Disability Convention Exclusion Segregation –Special Education Integration –Special Needs Ed. Inclusion –Inclusive Education True EFA –Participation –Equality –Community

7. EFA has been reached when everybody is at school 100% Nothing less!

8. Schools are inclusive when they are working towards full participation, community and equality through: Respect for differences Respect for different learning “styles” Variations in methods Open and flexible curricula Welcoming every- body

9. Inclusive Classrooms are established through: Open and flexible curricula Problem oriented teaching Team teaching Peer-teaching Positive groupings Individual Educational Planning Support when needed

10. Development requires CHANGE AGENTS with: Knowledge about realities Goal orientation A strong focus Knowledge about –goals –means –methods –tools and techniques

11. Let’s make a difference together “ ‘” All children and young people of the world, with their individual strengths and weaknesses, with their hopes and expectations, have the right to education. It is not our education system that have a right to a certain type of children. Therefore, it is the school system of a country that must be adjusted to meet the needs of all its children” (B. Lindqvist former UN rapporteur on UN Standard rules)

12. And yet she flies ….. All you need is … L eaders who communicate strong support O pen minds V igorous attitude E nergy

13. Want to share ideas? ie@unesco.org or write to: UNESCO ED/BAS/EIE 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP FRANCE or fax to: +33 (1)45685623 or visit our web site at: www.unesco.org/education/inclusive

14. A new UN Convention on the right of persons with disabilities is being elaborated Article 24 on Education State Parties shall ensure: an inclusive education at all levels… That persons with disabilities can access inclusive, quality, free primary and secondary education to the extent possible in the communities in which they live

15. Aiming towards? Open Free Welcoming Professional School Systems working towards full: Participation, Community and Equality for ALL CHILDREN