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Education WHITE PAPER 6 Special Needs Education

Building an Inclusive Education and Training System

EDUCATION WHITE PAPER 6 Special Needs Education

Building an inclusive education and training system

July 2001

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CCONTENTS PAGE

Introduction by the Minister of Education

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Executive Summary

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CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM? 9

1.

Context

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1.1

Introduction

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1.2

The White Paper Process

12

1.3

The Current Profile and Distribution of Special Schools and Learner

Enrolment

13

1.4

What is Inclusive Education and Training?

16

1.5

Building an Inclusive Education and Training System: The First Steps 17

1.6

HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases

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CHAPTER 2: THE FRAMEWORK FOR ESTABLISHING AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

AND TRAINING SYSTEM

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2.1

Introduction

24

2.2

The Framework for Establishing an Inclusive Education and

Training System

27

2.2.1

Education and training policies, legislation, advisory bodies and

governance and organisational arrangements

28

2.2.2

Strengthening education support services

28

2.2.3

Expanding provision and access

30

2.2.4

Further education and training

31

2.2.5

Higher education

31

2.2.6

Curriculum, assessment and quality assurance

31

2.2.7

Information, advocacy and mobilisation

33

2.2.8

HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases

34

2.3

Funding Strategy

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CHAPTER 3: FUNDING STRATEGY

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3.1

Introduction

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3.2

Critical Success Factors

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3.3

Current Expenditure Patterns

38

3.4

Expanding Access and Provision

38

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3.5

Costs Attached to Expanding Access and Provision

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3.6

Funding Strategy

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3.7

Conditional Grants

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3.8

Budgets of the Provincial Education Departments

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3.9

Donor Funding

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3.10

Further Education and Training and Higher Education

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3.11

The Time Frame

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3.12

Summary

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CHAPTER 4: ESTABLISHING THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND

TRAINING SYSTEM

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4.1

Our Long-term Goal

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4.2

Our Short-term to Medium-term Goals

45

4.3

Strategic Areas of Change

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4.3.1

Building capacity in all education departments

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4.3.2

Strengthening the capacities of all advisory bodies

46

4.3.3

Establishing district support teams

47

4.3.4

Auditing and improving the quality of and converting special

schools to resource centres

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4.3.5

Identifying, designating and establishing full-service schools, public

adult learning centres, and further and higher education institutions

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4.3.6

Establishing institutional-level support teams

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4.3.7

Assisting in establishing mechanisms at community level for the early

identification of severe learning difficulties

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4.3.8

Developing the professional capacity of all educators in curriculum

development and assessment

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4.3.9

Promoting quality assurance and quality improvement

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4.3.10

Mobilising public support

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4.3.11

HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases

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4.4.12

Developing an appropriate funding strategy

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Annexure A

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RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION PAPER NO 1: SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM

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