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Evaluation of the UNICEF support to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Lebanon on the Inclusive Education Programme scaling up in public schools
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UNICEF support to Inclusive Education in Public Schools
To promote the development of inclusive education in Lebanese public schools and ensure quality education for all children, UNICEF Lebanon supports the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities through the Inclusive Education Programme, which started in 2018. This Inclusive Education Programme is one of UNICEF Lebanon’s disability targeted programmes. It adopted the UNESCO’s (2005) definition for inclusion: “a process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners through increasing participation in learning and reducing exclusion within and from education.” This involves changes and modifications in content, approaches, structures, and strategies, with a common vision which covers all children of the appropriate age range and a conviction that it is the state's responsibility to educate them.
The programme is aligned with EU MADAD Trust Fund for the Syrian crisis objective of ensuring vulnerable children (3-14) have access to quality and inclusive learning in safe and protective environments in public schools through the strengthened and resilient public education system. It also feeds into UNICEF CPD 2023-2025 commitment to “work across programme outcomes to gather robust data and mainstream the needs of children and youth with disabilities, planning evidence-based specific interventions to address their needs”.
The programme aims to support the most marginalized children to access high-quality inclusive education and integrated support services. It includes a strong focus on capacity building, provision of support services, technical support, advocacy and developing policies and procedures around inclusion.
The three main objectives of the Inclusive Education programme are:
1) Build the capacity of public school system to provide quality education of all children.
2) To Operationalize and Test the Model of Incl
Report Details
| Year Published | |
| Type | |
| Joint | No |
| Partner/s | N/A |
| Consultant name | Claire Wakely, Samuel Hall |
| Agency Focal Point | Tamara Nassereddine |
| Focal Point Email | tnassereddine@unicef.org |
| Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
| Geographic Scope | Country |
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Evaluation of the UNICEF support to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Lebanon on the Inclusive Education Programme scaling up in public schools
