Capacity building: teachers and staff
HI commits to work with the Ministry of Education in all the countries where we operate on education projects.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Currently HI is working with a number of Ministries of Education to support them on teacher training curriculums and inclusive education module development, but this is not yet consistent across all projects. The implementation plan is to ensure that all projects will include aim to support the ministry by 2021 and we will support IE teacher trainings on early years and secondary and or vocational education in at least 2 flagship projects by 2019.
Policy, standards and regulations
HI commits to adopting universal design principles not only for all school infrastructure within its education projects but also for curriculum and learning material development at school level.This includes supporting innovations to expand the range of accessible materials and teaching approaches available for learners with disabilities (particularly learners with print disabilities) in the classroom, using new technologies and the expanded provision of assistive devices by scaling up current pilots.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
HI already supports universal design in projects where it is responsible for accessibility modification. HI will also roll out the concept of universal design within the curriculum at school level, in at least 5 new flagship projects by 2021.This will enable children with more complex needs to be included within mainstream schools, through adapted materials and a more flexible curriculum which meets individual needs.
Additional resources and implementation
HI commits to developing larger scale projects in collaboration with partners that aim to build evidence on how to scale inclusive education in ways which promote cost effectiveness, quality inclusive education and child learning outcomes with specific focus on children with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
HI has undertaken a number of research projects looking into what works in inclusive education practice, but there is a need to develop larger scale projects in collaboration with mainstream education organisations to look at effectiveness at scale. HI commits to developing at least one large scale research project per year in inclusive education starting June 2018 with a large scale evidence based project in Nepal.