Understanding the situations of inequalities and exclusion in education in our general education systems and in the country
1. Is there any difference in people’s educational opportunities on the basis of socially ascribed or perceived differences, such as gender, economic condition, ability, language, place of residence, social origin, ethnic origin, disability, nationality, etc.? What are the most significant factors of exclusion in our context? Which categories of people tend to experience exclusion more in education? Between which categories of people do wide inequalities exist? (See: disagregated data on exclusion)
2. What are the critical points in the general education cycle at which exclusion begin to strongly manifest? What precedes these points and can it be aborted? What are the critical points in the general education cycle at which inequalities begin to strongly manifest? What precedes these points and can it be aborted?
3. How is exclusion manifest for those who experience it? How do inequalities manifest?
Policies and strategies to address inequalities and exclusion in education
1. What are the existing policies, programs and interventions in education that are intended to address exclusion? What is the evidence that they are effective? What are some of the persisting forms of exclusion if any and how are they being addressed?
2. Which current interventions –laws, policies, structures of the system, financing and operational frameworks, programmes etc– are redressing exclusion? What is the nature of that impact? Where is the evidence? How do we sustainably monitor the evidence?
3. Beyond the education system –health, social, legal services etc– what current interventions have an impact on exclusion in education? Where is the evidence? How do we sustainably track the evidence?
4. Based on your analysis of all of the above questions, what are the major gaps, obstacles, contradictions and dilemmas in your country’s efforts to provide quality education and effective learning experiences equitably and inclusively? What are some of the ways to fill the gaps, remove the obstacles, resolve the contradictions and negotiate the dilemmas?
