The document discusses the rights of children with disabilities to access quality inclusive education in Central Asia, emphasizing the need for legal reform, de-institutionalization, and a commitment to inclusive education practices. It highlights the importance of removing barriers and ensuring that educational systems respect the identity, culture, and rights of all children, particularly the most marginalized. UNICEF promotes various initiatives aimed at improving educational access and quality for children with disabilities in the region.

1. Realizing Article 24:
The rights of children with
disabilities to be included in
quality learning
4th Central Asian Republics Forum
Dushanbe, 2013

2. How many children with disabilities are
there in Central Asia?
How many children with disabilities
in Central Asia do not attend
school?
How many children with disabilities in
Central Asia live in an institution or attend
a special school?

3. ALL
CHILDREN, includi
ng children with
disabilities have
the right to
quality
education, provid
ed in an inclusive
The CRC and CRPD
make explicit the
obligation towards
ALL
CHILDREN, without
exception

4. UNICEF PROMOTES:
Access for EVERY child
Inclusive Education as the
main vehicle towards social
inclusion
Demonstrated good practices

5. COMMITMENTS

6.  Legal reform
 Policy and guidance
 Service delivery
 Attitudes and culture change
 Respect for human rights
 Training and support of personnel
 Participatory engagement with
children and families

7. STRUCTURES
COMMITMENTS

8.  De-institutionalization
 Data Collection
 Financing
 Capacity-Building
 Participation and partnership
 Transparency and accountability

9. COMMITMENTS
STRUCTURES
Right
To Access
Education

10. Right to Access Education
Early childhood care
and education
services
Ensuring accessibility
and availability of
inclusive education
Removing barriers to
inclusive education
Creating inclusive
learning
environments
Working with
parents

11. COMMITMENTS
STRUCTURES
Right to
Quality
Education
Right
To Access
Education

12. Right to Quality Education
Positive Learning
Environments
Investment in
Teachers
Investment in
Curricula and
Pedagogy
Child-Friendly, safe
and healthy
environment
Rights-based
inclusive
assessments

13. COMMITMENTS
STRUCTURES
Respect for
Rights within
education
Right
To Access
Education
Right to
Quality
Education

14. Respect for rights within education
Respect for
identity, culture
and language
Respect for children’s
participation rights
Respect for
personal and
physical
integrity

15. Government wide underpinning
• Political will and good governance
• Effective government structures
• Financing
Overarching
commitments
• Guaranteeing protection from
discrimination
• De-institutionalisation
Policies
• Strengthening information systems
• Learning from what works
• Partnerships and participation
• Capacity building
Processes

16. Respect for
rights within
education
Right to access
education
Right to
quality
education
COMMITMENTS
STRUCTURES
ARTICLE 24 – RIGHT TO EDUCATION

17. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION….
Rights-based approach to education
emphasizes the ALL in “Education for All”
Target the most marginalized
children, including those who have been
excluded, or at the margins of education
systems
Promote CRPD definition of disability
Emphasize participation as a measure by
which systems are inclusive

18. Paula Frederica Hunt, Inclusive Education Specialist, UNICEF Region Office for Europe and Central Asia
pfhunt@unicef.org http://www.unicef.org/ceecis www.inclusive-education.org