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Including Deaf Children in Primary Schools in Bushenyi, Uganda: a community-based initiative

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  • Susie Miles
  • Lorraine Wapling
  • Julia Beart

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Bushenyi District Education Department in Uganda, east Africa, is supporting 123 deaf children registered in 14 units attached to primary schools—eight per cent of deaf children in Bushenyi. Yet fewer than two per cent of deaf children attend school in Uganda as a whole. The history of this ground-breaking, parent-led, yet government-funded, community-based initiative is explored in the light of global efforts to promote Education for All. It is argued that government commitment to teacher education, parent involvement and Sign Language development has led to more positive attitudes towards deaf children and their right to attend school in their communities. Furthermore, community involvement is essential in achieving quality education for all for deaf and disabled children, and attempts to implement Northern policies and practices on inclusive education are likely to fail. The imaginative use of community-based human resources can lead to more genuine forms of educational inclusion.

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  • Susie Miles & Lorraine Wapling & Julia Beart, 2011. "Including Deaf Children in Primary Schools in Bushenyi, Uganda: a community-based initiative," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(8), pages 1515-1525.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:32:y:2011:i:8:p:1515-1525
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.604523
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    1. Le Fanu, Guy, 2015. "Imagining disability? Conceptualizations of learners with disabilities and their learning in the pedagogic manuals of international development agencies," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 267-275.
    2. Le Fanu, Guy, 2014. "International development, disability, and education: Towards a capabilities-focused discourse and praxis," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 69-79.

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