Inclusive Education

The Rivers State Universal Education Board (RSUEB) has partnered with the Inclusive Education Alliance (IEA) to drive Inclusive Education processes in Rivers State. IEA- a collaborative network of stakeholders formed…

By Bianca Iboma-Emefu Education is a fundamental right under both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1999 constitution of Nigeria. This inalienable right and how it can be…

By Ogunbayo Oluwaseyi (INN), Ogun The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), Ogun State chapter recently engaged the State’s Teaching Service in a roundtable meeting to ask for…

The Jigawa State Agency for Mass Education has opened a study centre for people with disabilities under its Literacy-by-Radio Programme. The agency’s executive secretary, Abbas Abubakar, announced this in Dutse…

By Emmanuel Ikhenebome Benin city — A Non-governmental organization under the aegis of Network for Advancement of Persons With Visible Disabilities (NAPVID), alongside other critical stakeholders have come up with…

Special education, also known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision and exceptional student education is the practice of educating students in a way that caters for their…

By Victor Ayeni The Victor and Winifred Awosika Foundation has donated a well-equipped vocational centre and a playground with modern instruments and facilities in tune with children’s special needs to…

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole A total of N4,257,638,624.66 was disbursed to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory for the education of children with special needs within three years. This…

By Frank Ikpefan The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has announced a plan to review the implementation strategy of Universal Basic Education (UBE) in order to adequately cater for the…

As part of its ongoing ten month sustained effort to facilitate effective implementation and domestication of the Federal Government’s National Policy on Inclusive Education in public schools and other relevant…

The Founder, Royal School of Educational Therapy Foundation, Dr Badewa Adejugbe-Williams, has called for the incorporation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) into special education schools in the Federal…

By Gbenga Salau The Executive Director, Human Development Initiatives (HDI), Mrs. Olufunso Owasanoye, has said despite progress, current education resources are insufficient to achieve inclusive education, especially as budgets are…

By PATRICIA AMOGU Little Miss Nigeria, Queen Angelica Ituma, has called on the Federal Government to collaborate with her office to set up an inclusive education facility. She made the…

Disability inclusion experts have disclosed that appropriate and strategic measures need to be put in place by education stakeholders to ensure that inclusive education is not threatened in the post…