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- Title: Editorial (Editorial)
- Author : International Journal of Whole Schooling
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 163 KB
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Recent ideas about inclusion have seen the promotion of a broader concept that aims to strengthen sustainable development of education by providing lifelong learning for all learners and by enabling equality of access (United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organisation [UNESCO], 2008, November). Addressing diversity requires education that is relevant, equitable, and effective. The important role of governments continues to be raised with an emphasis on the design, implementation, monitoring, and assessment of educational policies as a way to further this achievement. The education for all approach that was first adopted by the World Education Forum held in Dakar in April 2000, aimed at providing quality basic education for all children, young people and adults by 2015. By 2008, which was half way towards achieving the Dakar goals, this had not been as fully embraced as had been hoped, as many jurisdictions were still struggling to manage and implement an education system that really catered for diversity (UNESCO, 2008, Spring). One of the failures identified by UNESCO was that policies and practices were not taking into account that education must be seen as a life-long process. It was suggested that to meet these goals governments needed to take a: