AQW 20694/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the definition of inclusive education used within his Department.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 16 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 31 January 2025
- Answered
- 22 January 20256 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
As a member of the European Agency for Special Education and Inclusion since 1996, the department has subscribed to an agreed definition of inclusive education systems as those within which ‘all learners of any age are provided with meaningful, high-quality educational opportunities in their local community, alongside their friends and peers.’