Inclusive Education System
Inclusive Education in Pakistan needs promotion, awareness, attention, and clear
understanding of the concept for true implementation at grass root level in marginalized
communities. Government and NGOs must have clear policy for training of concerned staff
members and teachers in every district schools and institutions. General public lack
understanding of inclusive education, there is lot of discrimination seen and observed at
community level. Mostly normal children dislike and do not accept their fellow children who are
deprived, need care and love for inclusive environment. Teachers do not care to attend
disabled, disadvantaged, poor and neglected children in class room environment. School
management of private and big schools do not have awareness of keeping free mobility
facilities in school premises for possible admissions of disabled children, the class room
environment do not allow wheel chair users to enter because of mostly schools have steps for
class room entrance. There are no disabled friendly schools and shopping areas in the rural
areas in Pakistan.
Awareness lack among the general public about inclusive society, the educators are not familiar
with the concept of inclusive education. Mostly people sitting in big offices and having high
profile jobs do not have knowledge of inclusion, often question is asked what do you mean by
inclusive education.
There is great need to develop a system where ordinary people, school management, teachers
and parents must be given basic knowledge and awareness about concept of inclusive
education.
The government and private educational infrastructure must be equipped with possible needs
to promote inclusive education concept.
Due to inclusive barriers, disabled and disadvantaged children remain out of schools, these
children need inclusive environment in their homes to learn to face social barriers, schools and
other community centers must create opportunities for possible inclusion.
The most important thing is, how to promote inclusive environment, how people can be
motivated to accept neglected and ignorant children and disabled persons, how people can be
motivated to think for equality, not to have sympathetic attitude?
If we want to see social change in schools, public places, domestic and public gatherings, sports,
family setup, how to create such environment, are there expertise needed for motivation and
counseling?
Do we have expertise to promote inclusive education?
Government and NGOs must have infrastructure for implementation at grass root level, which
can play vital role for social change.
There are physical and environmental and cultural barriers in our society, due to which people
do not bother to listen and learn about inclusive environment and education.
According to survey assessment results, 95% of disabled children cannot attend school due to
cultural, financial and physical barriers.
Mentally and physically disabled children love to attend school, Master Adnan is student of
“SDW Inclusive Education System” he is physically and mentally retarded. Adnan use to play in
the street with his brothers and sisters and other fellows, but he is always dislike by his street
fellows. Adnan’s mother tells, that he is always anxious to learn something beyond all kinds of
discriminations, one day she says he saw a van picking up disabled girls for school, he asked his
mother where these disabled girls are going, she said “to school”, he kept quiet and next day
same time he went out of home to see the van, then he returned home and asked his mother
that he want to go to school for studies. She was at once shocked to hear that, and share his
father. He said we cannot afford to send him school, already other children are not going to
school, how come Adnan can be sent, it will be expensive for us to bear all rehabilitation based
expense.
Mother was upset and she decided to consult with a lady whose disabled girl was going to
school in SDW van. She talked to her and prepared to visit SDW school for Adnan’s admission.
SDW Inclusive Education System provides disabled children and normal children of marginalized
community’s for equal opportunities to learn to live and study together.
Adnan was given admission in school complete free education, what SDW do is, that we find
individual donors for these children to pay their school fee, uniform, books, stationery, shoes,
medicines, wheel chairs, food, traveling etc.
We need cooperation at all levels for hundreds of needy and disadvantaged children waiting
for your generous support.
SDW as an organization
SDW striving for the uplift of basic rights and recognition of disabled women and children in
rural marginalized communities in Pakistan since 1997, we have different rehabilitation and
awareness based projects for women and children. We depend on national, international donor
organizations; also we have support of individual donors and local fundraising.
SDW started self help project, with local individual donors, “SDW Inclusive Education System” in
one of the slum of district Faisalabad. Earlier we have been working on different rehabilitation
based procedures for possible inclusion of disabled children in the educational system. We also
have been motivating government schools and management staff to cooperate for possible
inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools.
Following methods SDW adopted for inclusive education promotion in marginalized
communities
a) Home schooling for disabled, poor, and disadvantaged children
b) Motivation of government school management for admission of disabled children in
mainstream schools
c) “SDW Inclusive Education System” school for all, inviting poor, disabled, orphan and
disadvantaged children for formal and non-formal school education.
Model Inclusive Schools
Inclusive
School
District level
Environment
Children
friendly
Children
status
Poor,
orphan,
disabled,
street. etc
Health
facilities
Physiotherapy,
first aid etc.
Moral
Transportation
support
Guidance & Pick and drop
Counseling + facility
motivational
gifts etc.
SDW priority to work in rural and backward marginalized communities, we at present work in
district Faisalabad, district Layah, district Toba Tek Singh.
Future plans: Aim to start Inclusive Education Schools in above mentioned districts.
Number of children possibly can benefit from each district: more than 500
Total number of children from three districts: 3 x 500 = 1500 or more
Education: formal and non formal
SDW provides environmental opportunities to each child use his abilities to over come
disabilities.
SDW Inclusive Education System
SDW Resource Center
Faisalabad Pakistan