In this slide, you will understand inclusion in schools in depth. You will be introduced to the barriers of inclusive education and not only that but also the ways in which teachers can address these barriers in the classroom.

1. UNDERSTANDING
INCLUSIVE
EDUCATION.
PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR TB MHLONGO

2. LET US GREET EACH OTHER USING OUR
HOME LANGUAGES!
Picture downloaded from MeTV and edited by TB Mhlongo.

3. LET’S SEE IF YOU KNOW
YOUR HISTROY
WELL...SHALL WE!?
• What was happening in
South Africa between these
years, 1948 and the early
1990s?
• What impact did this have
on the South African
Education System?
• What was the curriculum
for people of colour called
during this time?
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4. APARTHEID(1948-1994): BANTU EDUCATION
• South Africa has a tragic history where its people, people of colour to be precise,
were under oppression from the Apartheid government which oppressed and
marginalised them.
• One of their strategies to sustain their oppression was to offer an education system
that did not necessarily empower black people. The education system that was
offered was distinctively selected for black people. White people had their own.
• After attaining Independence in 1994, South Africa worked on implementing an
Inclusive Education system where all individuals will have access to quality education
irrespective of any conspicuous or subtle differences.

5. WHAT IS INCLUSIVE
EDUCATION?
• (Inclusive Education, 2016, p.3)
• Inclusive education does not only focus
on the learning environment but also
the teaching practices, content,
curriculum, teachers’ ability to teach,
accommodation of all learners in sports,
and equal access to social places after
school or tertiary.
• NB! Inclusive Education seeks to
accommodate all learners irrespective of
the barriers they might be presenting.

6. WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS OF
INCLUSIVE
EDUCATION?
• There are numerous benefits for Inclusive
Education(IE), however, the major benefit is that
all learners can learn.
• Inclusive education makes it possible for all
children to receive appropriate educational
programs.
• Inclusive education creates an opportunity where
all learners will have a curriculum that seeks to
meet their needs.
• Inclusive education also creates room for all
children to participate in extra curricular activities
such as sports.
Background: (Salman et al., 2018, p.1)

7. WHAT ARE THE
PRINCIPLES OF IE?
• Inclusive Education can be best understood
as a proposal to communicate a strategy
that seeks to create an environment where
all children can have access to quality
education and have the same opportunities
as other children.
• It is for this reason that it has principles that
guide the process of it being laid out to
ensure effective implementation.
• Inclusive Education (2016) explains the
principles in this picture.
(Inclusive Education, 2016,
p.6)

8. BARRIERS THAT HINDER THE AQCUISITION OF IE
(Chaurasia, 2014, pp. 14-

9. FEATURES OF INCLUSIVE
EDUCATION
• Educators have an empirical
role when it comes to
counterattacking most of the
barriers of Inclusive
Education.
• These are the things that
they are supposed to be
aware of in order to carry
out their pedagogical
practices effectively.
(Madan, 2014, p.8)

10. TEACHER’S ROLES IN ASSITING WITH ACHIEVING IE.
• The possibility of a teacher having to
play numerous roles when at school is
inevitable.
• A teacher is a mother of all
professions, hence it is reasonable for a
teacher to have numerous roles to play
even though the solemn profession is to
teach.
• These roles assist the teacher in
assisting learners in the classroom to
ensure that they are accommodated and
taken care of.
(Madan, 2014, p.24)

11. MAKING CLASSROOMS A
PLACE FOR INCLUSION
• There are many reasons why classrooms are
supposed to be made inclusive.
• Initially, the reason was mainly because they
wanted to cater for learners with special needs,
disabilities, impairments or any aspect an individual
presented that seemed to be not appropriate for
the age they are in.
• However, in the modern day, inclusive classrooms
also seek to accommodate learners from different
backgrounds, learners who are linguistically,
religiously. and culturally diverse. It also extends to
sexual orientation. Accommodating the LGBTQ+
community.
(Manafu, 2022,

12. ANY
QUESTIONS?
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13. THE END
Picture created by TB Mhlongo

14. REFERENCE LIST
• Khue Ngo. (2018). Cartoon [Screenshot]. Vlipsy. Retrieved from:
https://vlipsy.com/vlip/mr-bean-mr-bean-teach-class-yPLPLCpJ
• MeTV Staff. (2020). Cartoon [Picture]. MeTV. Retrieved from:
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https://www.slideshare.net/salmansmd/inclusive-education-rte

15. • Chaurasia, K.P. (2014). Barriers and Benefits of Inclusive Education [PowerPoint Slides].
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and-benefits-of-inclusive-education
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SlideShare. Retrieved from: https://www.slideshare.net/GeorgetaManafu/how-
tocreateaninclusiveclassroom
• Rukswalikul, P. (2021). Cartoon [Picture]. Beartai. Retrieved from:
https://www.beartai.com/lifestyle/520337
• Mhlongo, T.B. (2022). Cartoon [Picture]. Google Drive. Retrieved from:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LZw3ZFzV2bmaWF-
lZaR14j6AryTYK9Ty/view?usp=sharing