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Findings from the IEI’s ‘Learners with Disabilities and COVID-19 School Closures’ SurveyThe second session presented key preliminary findings from the IEI’s “Learners with Disabilities and COVID-19 School Closure” Survey. The World Bank’s Global Disability Advisor, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, presented preliminary data analysis from the…
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Preparing Inclusive Teachers: A Conversation about the World Bank’s Teach Inclusive ToolThis fireside chat between World Bank colleagues Omar Arias, Ezequiel Molina, and Adelle Pushparatnam delved into the evidence and the importance of understanding inclusive teaching practices at the classroom level as well as using World Bank’s…
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Education of Children with Disabilities in Malawi: Results from a Survey with ParentsThis blog was originally posted on UKFIETby Jenipher Mbukwa-Ngwira, Shruti Taneja Johansson, Nidhi Singal, Eric Umar, Paul Lynch and Gertrude Chatha on March 29, 2021. This blog was written by Ms. Jenipher Mbukwa-Ngwira (Catholic University of…
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World Education Blog - Christophe: A COVID-19 learning hero for blind learners in Burkina FasoThis blog was originally posted on World Education Blog Posted on 12 March 2021 by GEM Report Christophe Oulé became blind when he was 43. “It did not happen immediately,” he said. “It took six months. At first, I felt useless. When I first knew, I…
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Sign language in education is oft forgottenThis blog was originally posted on World Education Blog Posted on 11 March 2021 by GEM Report About 34 million children worldwide have disabling hearing loss. Nearly 95% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, for whom sign language knowledge…
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Transforming Education in Sierra Leone Continues with Geospatial DataThis blog was originally posted on GPE Education for All on March 04, 2021 by David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone, and Alina Game. A teacher computes students' grades for their report card. Kailahun,…
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Voices from Sierra Leone: The real experiences of girls with disabilities at schoolRead the blog posted on Sightsavers on December 2020
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Shifting mindsets to support disability-inclusive educationThis blog was written by Hanna Alaasutari, and Quentin Wodon. It was originally posted on Education for Global Development on December 3, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to rethink how to promote learning and resilience in education systems,…
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Overloaded: Families With Children Who Have Special Needs Are Bearing an Especially Heavy Weight, And Support Is NeededThis blog was written by the Center for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Oregon | Transformative Neuroscience for Social Change. It was originally posted on Medium. Due to the pandemic, families with children who have special needs are…
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Making Learning Accessible to All in NepalBirendra Giri, a visually impaired student from Nepal, took his 12th-grade exam this month. The exams had been postponed for seven months due to COVID-19, and Birendra is worried he was not well-prepared. “I did not have any Braille books at home," he…
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