Pivoting to inclusion: Leveraging lessons from COVID-19 crisis for learners with disabilities

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Key Information

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about an extraordinary and unprecedented challenge for governments, teachers, and parents in their attempt to ensure continuity of quality learning. As countries work toward managing learning continuity while protecting the safety and well-being of learners, there are some groups of learners—often learners with disabilities and particularly those living in poverty who stand the risk of further marginalization. This issues paper “Pivoting to Inclusion: Leveraging Lessons from the COVID-19 Crisis for Learners with Disabilities,” highlights the emerging social and educational needs, barriers, and issues to address.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Global

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Remote Learning

Quality

  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Nutrition
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Reducing economic barriers

  • Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown