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Guidelines
for Inclusion:
Ensuring Access
to Education for All

Acknowledgments
In UNESCO’s efforts to assist countries in making National Plans for Education
more inclusive, we recognised the lack of guidelines to assist in this important
process. As such, the Inclusive Education Team, began an exercise to develop
these much needed tools. The elaboration of this manual has been a learning
experience in itself. A dialogue with stakeholders was initiated in the early stages
of elaboration of this document. “Guidelines for Inclusion: Ensuring Access to
Education for All”, therefore, is the result of constructive and valuable feedback
as well as critical insight from the following individuals:
Anupam Ahuja, Mel Ainscow, Alphonsine Bouya-Aka Blet, Marlene Cruz,
Kenneth Eklindh, Windyz Ferreira, Richard Halperin, Henricus Heijnen,
Ngo Thu Huong, Hassan Keynan, Sohae Lee, Chu Shiu-Kee, Ragnhild
Meisfjord, Darlene Perner, Abby Riddell, Sheldon Shaeffer, Noala Skinner,
Sandy Taut, Jill Van den Brule-Balescut, Roselyn Wabuge Mwangi, Jamie
Williams, Siri Wormnæs and Penelope Price.

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his report has gone through an external and internal peer review process, which
targeted a broad range of stakeholders including within the Education Sector at
UNESCO headquarters and in the field, Internal Oversight Service (IOS) and Bureau of Strategic Planning (BSP). These guidelines were also piloted at a Regional Workshop on Inclusive Education in Bangkok. A wide range of experts from the Asia Pacific
region provided feedback for further development. Finally, this document was circulated to
Steering Committee of the Flagship “The Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities:
Towards Inclusion.” This document is a response to the need for a...