Objectives

The overall objective of the project is to enhance – in line with the Beneficiaries' commitments to EU accession and Council of Europe standards*  – social inclusion and social cohesion in the region by promoting inclusive education and training.

In order to realize this objective, the project will promote the concept of inclusive education as a reform principle that respects and caters for diversity amongst all learners, with a specific focus on those who are at a higher risk of marginalisation and exclusion.

The overall objective will be achieved through the specific objective of promoting the concept of inclusive education, as well as relevant policies and practices in the formal education system at pre-university level in South East Europe in five specific areas:

*In particular the European Social Charter and the New Strategy and Council of Europe Action Plan for Social Cohesion (approved by the Committee of Ministers on 7 July 2010).

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How inclusive is our school?

The Project baseline survey advancing

The forty-nine pilot schools across the South East Europe region were involved in a large sample survey that mapped the perception and status of inclusiveness in the school. The survey instrument combined an adaptation of Index for Inclusion (Booth & Ainscow, 2002) and social inclusion research tools previously used in ETF research. Students, teachers, parents, principals and school members from various primary, general secondary and VET schools as well as local authorities participated in the survey.

All the information collected in the schools are being analysed by the London School of Economics researchers, who will also compile and present the findings. These findings will be shared with schools providing an understanding of the baseline picture in terms of inclusive practices in education across schools, target group and beneficiaries.