Study on Inclusive Education and Human Rights

Abstract

Inclusive education is widely recognized as a fundamental human right for all individuals and it is based on the widely approved belief that equal education contributes to individual and social wellbeing. However, many students with special educational needs continue to be systematically segregated into “special classrooms”, which circumvents their right to inclusive education. The objective of this study is to investigate the ways in which inclusive education is related to human rights, to make recommendations and finally, draw conclusions with respect to the right of inclusive education for disadvantaged groups of children. To realize this aim, a descriptive study has been conducted in order to provide concrete information from both the Greek and international literature.