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MANILA – The Department of Education said Wednesday it was expanding the coverage of its inclusive education programs by making these services available in all schools.
“We are pushing [for] a one-stop-shop policy for each school in the delivery of programs and services that are relevant and appropriate to the needs of learners, ”said Undersecretary of Education Diosdado San Antonio at the launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) 2020.
“This means that all schools must offer inclusion programs if they have students in school who need these programs,” he said.
Expansion of inclusive education programs has led to a significant increase in enrollment of students with disabilities in the past 3 years, from 163,000 enrolled in the 2017-2018 school year (SY) to 360,879 in the 2019-2020 school year, according to Saint Anthony.
DepEd has programs that address the needs of students from underserved and disadvantaged groups. These include special education for students with disabilities, madrassa education for Filipino Muslims, education for indigenous peoples, and alternative learning system for youth and adults who do not attend school, among others.
San Antonio said that DepEd was also expanding access to secondary schools “by converting those elementary schools in remote areas into integrated schools and providing these schools with comprehensive facilities and an improved learning environment.”
The department is also collaborating with government agencies and non-governmental organizations to improve the implementation of inclusion programs, he added.
The GEM 2020 Report is an annual report prepared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that tracks the progress of countries in achieving educational goals within the framework of the Development Goals Sustainable United Nations.
With the theme “Inclusion and Education: Everyone Means Everyone,” this year’s report offers recommendations for education stakeholders “to broaden their understanding of inclusive education to include all students, regardless of identity, background, or background. capacity”.
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