UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education

This week I chose to do the alternate blog posting because I still haven't heard from any of my international contacts. On the UNESCO's Early Childhood Care and Education website there is a lot of information but the one thing that stood out to me was the article on "Quality Inclusive Education in Colombia Initiative".  In Colombia, inclusive education is generally understood as giving special attention to children that are vulnerable to social exclusion, such as populations displaced by violence, indigenous people, working children, children with disabilities and people from rural areas (UNESCO.org).   Inclusion is very important especially in the field of education. As a professional I mainly want to work with all children including those with special needs. I believe that every child has the right to have high quality education and no child should be excluded because of a disability. The Colombian Government is addressing educational practices that are exclusionary in relation to economic, cultural and ethnic differences of the population, using inclusion as a mechanism to avoid any kind of discrimination (UNESCO.org). I feel the Colombian Government is off to a great start in addressing inclusion as well as understanding the importance of everyone's right to quality education.  If you want to read the story here is the link I used and tell me what you think.

http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/global-news-archive/single-news/news/quality-inclusive-education-in-colombia-initiative/106.html