Sightsavers strengthens fragile education systems across Africa and Asia, engaging communities and working with governments so children with special educational needs and disabilities have greater access to quality education.
Our inclusive education programmes are:
- Child-centred
- Gender-inclusive
- Pan-disability
- Community-based
- Collaborative: ‘Nothing about us without us’
- Influential
- Innovative
- System-strengthening
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Publication date: April 2020
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Making assessments more accessible for children with disabilities
How an evaluation tool to assess children’s development has been adapted for young children with disabilities in Kenya.
On data and disability: piloting the Child Functioning Module in Nigerian schools
Sightsavers’ Liesbeth Roolvink and Gillian Mackay share learnings from the SMILE project in Nigeria, where a new questionnaire is being used in schools to assess children’s educational needs.
Sightsavers at the CIES global education conference
In February 2023, Sightsavers will present at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in Washington DC.
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