HED4810
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE: 7 JULY 2025
SEMESTER 2 2025
,HED4810
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE 7 JULY 2025
CONCEPTUALISATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Question 1:
Exclusion in education persists despite the adoption of inclusive policies
(Clasquin- Johnson & Johnson, 2025). Write an essay in which you
agree/disagree with the statement above. Include five key reasons for your
response, supported by three recent references.
Over the past 30 years, countries around the world have been trying to change their
education systems to make them more inclusive. This means creating schools where
all children including those with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds can
learn together. Important international agreements, like the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and the Sustainable Development Goals
(2015), have encouraged governments to introduce new laws to support inclusive
education.
Countries such as South Africa, with its Education White Paper 6 (2001), and Sierra
Leone, with its Radical Inclusion Policy (2021), have shown strong support for these
ideas. These policies promise that no learner should be left out of the school system,
especially those who have been treated unfairly in the past. But in reality, many
children are still being excluded from education. I believe that this happens because of
five big problems:
,
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE: 7 JULY 2025
SEMESTER 2 2025
,HED4810
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE 7 JULY 2025
CONCEPTUALISATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Question 1:
Exclusion in education persists despite the adoption of inclusive policies
(Clasquin- Johnson & Johnson, 2025). Write an essay in which you
agree/disagree with the statement above. Include five key reasons for your
response, supported by three recent references.
Over the past 30 years, countries around the world have been trying to change their
education systems to make them more inclusive. This means creating schools where
all children including those with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds can
learn together. Important international agreements, like the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and the Sustainable Development Goals
(2015), have encouraged governments to introduce new laws to support inclusive
education.
Countries such as South Africa, with its Education White Paper 6 (2001), and Sierra
Leone, with its Radical Inclusion Policy (2021), have shown strong support for these
ideas. These policies promise that no learner should be left out of the school system,
especially those who have been treated unfairly in the past. But in reality, many
children are still being excluded from education. I believe that this happens because of
five big problems:
,
