The Education for All and inclusive education debate: conflict, contradiction or opportunity?

@article{Miles2010TheEF,
  title={The Education for All and inclusive education debate: conflict, contradiction or opportunity?},
  author={Susie Miles and Nidhi Singal},
  journal={International Journal of Inclusive Education},
  year={2010},
  volume={14},
  pages={1 - 15}
}
  • S. Miles, N. Singal
  • Published 2010
  • Political Science
  • International Journal of Inclusive Education
This paper begins with an exploration of the history of the international Education for All (EFA) programme and its tendency to overlook some marginalised groups of children, in particular those seen as having ‘special educational needs’ or impairments and disabilities. The exclusion from ‘mainstream’ education programmes of the estimated, though unreliable, figures of 90 or 98% of children in Southern countries has, until relatively recently, been largely unchallenged. The explanation lies in… Expand
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