The Center of Excellence of Inclusive Education

• In Event: Project- and Place-Based Evaluations of Inclusive Practices

Proposal

The objectives of this is to answer the following questions:
1. What is the nature of the interventions used to support Education for people with disabilities?
2. What is the size and quality of the evidence base of the effectiveness of interventions to improve educational outcomes for people with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)?
3. How can a center of excellence (COE) help improve educational outcomes for people with disabilities?

Accessible Education is not limited to designing courses and developing a teaching style to meet the needs of people from various backgrounds, abilities and learning styles. Research shows that there is no single way to teach; people learn in multiple ways, and using different instructional methods will help meet the needs of the most significant number of learners.

The paper will highlight how a COE can help close the gap in Education for people with disabilities effectively with policy research, advocacy, community engagement, training and capacity building and effective program implementation. The professionalization of inclusive Education is a must. It will further touch upon IDI's work establishing COE on Inclusive Education.

The COE aims to understand how such centers can help cultivate empathy and community, particularly "post" pandemic and after-learning in isolated online and hybrid formats. The paper will cover the theoretical framework integrating and examining inclusive educational practices, the role of empathy, and identifying diversity to serve classroom culture.

Authors

• Suman Raj Timsina, International Development Institute

• Sakil Malik, Global Center for Innovation and Learning