Guidelines

A range of useful resources that can support policy makers, education administrators, teachers and community leaders in their efforts to address inequalities in education and create more inclusive learning environments.

 

 

 

Education in a multilingual world: UNESCO education position paper. UNESCO, 2003 (PDF, 190 KB)
Arabic version (PDF, 2.7 MB) Chinese version (PDF, 3.7 MB)
French version (PDF, 280 KB) Spanish version (PDF, 200 KB)

Guidelines on Indigenous People’s Issues. United Nations Development Group, 2009 (PDF, 13.8 MB)
French version (PDF, 14.6 MB) Spanish version (PDF, 14.6 MB)

Policy Guidelines on Inclusion in Education. UNESCO, 2009 edition (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Arabic version (PDF, 1.5 MB) Chinese version (PDF, 1.6 MB) French version (PDF, 1.7 MB) Russian version (PDF, 1.5 MB) Spanish version (PDF, 2.6 MB)

Social analysis and disability: A guidance note. World Bank, 2007 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

UNESCO Guidelines on Intercultural Education. UNESCO, 2006 (PDF, 280 KB)
French version (PDF, 240 KB) Spanish version (PDF, 310 KB)

From commitment to action: An inter-agency working paper on the elimination of child labour and the achievement of Education for All. ILO, the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, and the Global March Against Child Labour, 2005 (PDF, 400 KB) 

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS). An Action Plan for Educational Inclusion. Department of Education and Science of Ireland, 2005 (PDF, 600 KB)

Guidelines for full-service and inclusive schools. Department of Basic Education, Directorate Inclusive Education, South Africa, 2009 (PDF, 220 KB)

Equity and Inclusive Education in Ontario Schools: Guidelines for policy development and implementation.  Ministry of Education of Ontario, Canada, 2009 (PDF, 3.4 MB)
French version (PDF, 3.5 MB)

Inclusive Education Statement 2005. Department of Education, Queensland, Australia (PDF, 140 KB)

Language and education: the missing link. How the language used in schools threatens the achievement of Education for All. H. Pinnock & G. Vijayakumar, published by Save the Children and CfBT Education Trust, 2009 (PDF, 740 KB)

Medidas organizativas y curriculares de atención a la diversidad desde una perspectiva inclusiva [Organizational and curricular steps to address diversity from an inclusive perspective]. Centro Territorial de Recursos para la Orientación, la Atención a la Diversidad y la Interculturalidad de Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, España, 2008 (Word, 700 KB, in Spanish only)

Quality is not enough. The contribution of inclusive values to the development of Education for All. Discussion paper. T. Booth and B. Dyssegaard, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark & Danida, June 2008 (PDF, 280 KB)

Review guidelines for material selection, early childhood/special education, 2001. Website of the Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS). (PDF version, 530 KB)

Schools for All. Including disabled children in education. (Practice Guidelines), Save the Children UK, 2002 (PDF, 430 KB)
Arabic version (PDF, 680 KB) French version (PDF, 450 KB)
Spanish version (PDF, 450 KB) 

Strategy for better teaching and greater participation of linguistic minorities in education 2007-2009. Ministry of Education and Research of Norway, 2007 (PDF, 740 KB)