关键词: children with disabilities children’s rights early childhood education legislation and policy

来  源:   DOI:10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1326   PDF(Pubmed)

Abstract:
UNASSIGNED: The immediate implementation of early childhood education (ECE) for children with disabilities in South Africa and Kenya has been impeded by obstacles. Major gaps in implementation remain. We investigate, firstly, the widely held, but in our view fallacious, belief that the implementation of inclusive ECE can be progressively realised only when there are available resources. Secondly, we examine the other fallacious belief that children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities are ineducable, and thirdly, the belief that the provision of inclusive ECE is merely a regulatory governmental function, implying that accessibility and reasonable accommodation requirements for children with disabilities do not rest primarily on the state.
UNASSIGNED: This study aimed to investigate the gaps in both countries between the policies and legislation and effective implementation, to show that these gaps are exacerbated by the perpetuation of these fallacious beliefs and by information vacuums at governmental level.
UNASSIGNED: A critical analysis of inclusive ECE was undertaken on relevant law and policy processes in both countries to expose both governments\' reasons for their lack of effective implementation of inclusive ECE.
UNASSIGNED: The factors contributing to the lack of immediate and significant implementation of inclusive ECE for children with disabilities in both countries have been investigated.
UNASSIGNED: Accountability and transparency need to be implemented at the governance level to ensure that both governments fully implement and prioritise inclusive ECE.
UNASSIGNED: This article establishes that mistaken premises and information vacuums may be used by governments in an attempt to renege on their international and constitutional obligations to implement inclusive ECE.
摘要:
在南非和肯尼亚,为残疾儿童立即实施幼儿教育(ECE)受到障碍的阻碍。在执行方面仍然存在重大差距。我们调查,首先,广泛持有的,但在我们看来是错误的,认为只有在有可用资源的情况下,包容性欧洲经委会的实施才能逐步实现。其次,我们研究了另一种错误的信念,即患有严重和严重智力残疾的儿童是无法接受的,第三,认为提供包容性的欧洲经委会只是政府的监管职能,这意味着残疾儿童的可及性和合理的住宿要求并不主要取决于国家。
本研究旨在调查两国政策和立法与有效实施之间的差距,表明这些错误信念的长期存在和政府层面的信息真空加剧了这些差距。
对两国的相关法律和政策程序进行了包容性欧洲经委会的批判性分析,以揭示两国政府缺乏有效实施包容性欧洲经委会的原因。
已经调查了导致两国缺乏立即和大量为残疾儿童实施包容性欧洲经委会的因素。
需要在治理层面实施问责制和透明度,以确保两国政府充分实施包容性的欧洲经委会并将其列为优先事项。
本文确定,各国政府可能会利用错误的前提和信息真空,企图违背其实施包容性欧洲经委会的国际和宪法义务。
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