Access the February 2019 eBulletin in html format here.

The Inclusive Education in Action website now presents a collection of important and interesting case studies from different areas of the world. These case studies can be a resource for international policy makers who are working to develop equity and equal opportunities within education systems globally.

The case studies available on the IEA website come from different regions of the world and describe diverse policy approaches taken to develop inclusive education systems. 

The Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) in Cyprus has planned a legislative reform of its special education provision. This reform aims to make the education system more inclusive, in line with the stated priorities at European and international level. At the request of the Cypriot MoEC, the European Commission Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) contracted the Agency to assist in analysing the current policy framework regarding special needs and inclusive education. The analysis aimed to identify the system’s strengths and weaknesses.

On 4 December 2018, the Agency was invited to a conference celebrating South Africa’s work towards inclusivity in education. Three South African universities specialising in training teachers in special needs education hosted a day of academic exchanges at the University of Witswatersrand’s Centre for the Deaf. Agency Representative Board member, Raffaele Ciambrone, from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research took part here in a panel discussion on inclusivity in education.

The new EASIE Key Messages and Findings (2014 / 2016) report highlights 10 key messages and the main findings from the first two European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education datasets and Cross-Country Reports: