Education for all, including children with disabilities

There was a meeting in the city of Geneva the 5 July to talk about the right of all children with disabilities to go to school.

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) along with its partners organized a side-event panel discussion on realizing the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal primary education for children with disabilities at the 2011 High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Annual Ministerial Review in Geneva on 5 July.

The event entitled "Education for All: inclusion of children and persons with disabilities", discussed the barriers facing children with disabilities in their access to education; highlighted good practices at the national level; and explored ways to foster inclusive education that benefits all children.

The panel also discussed options for strengthening mechanisms for collecting data and information on children with disabilities who may be otherwise unaccounted for in national statistics on education and school enrolment.

More information: http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1576. 

Source: United Nations, ENABLE Newsletter