INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
4’2020

Abstract. The article considers the results of the all-Ukrainian monitoring study on the implementation of NUS in the context of inclusive education for children with special educational needs in general secondary education on the example of primary school, which for the second year implements the New Ukrainian School Concept. We consider the organization of inclusive education in general secondary education institutions through the prism of educational indicators developed by the researchers. The developed indicators record the state of the organization of inclusive education in general secondary education institutions. We chose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the United Nations in 2006, as the basis for the development of indicators. The educational indicators presented in the article cover two areas of organization of the educational process in accordance with the needs of children with special educational needs: indicators of the organization of the educational process and indicators of the organization of educational activities. For the first direction, for example, the following indicators are proposed: the number of teacher assistants per child with special educational needs, for the second direction – the teacher’s willingness to work in the classroom with children with special educational needs. We form the first group of indicators from statistical data obtained from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the second group – from statistical and analytical data collected during monitoring studies. The results of the monitoring study are considered in the context of the educational indicators we have presented, which will allow education authorities to obtain objective information on a given issue and to make informed management decisions to improve the organization of inclusive education for children with special educational needs. Thus, it was found that the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have not yet been fully implemented in the educational process of general secondary education institutions. Both the provision of «smart accommodation» and quality education for children with special educational needs – these issues remain relevant and open today. And this in turn requires the organization of additional research on the organization of inclusive education in general secondary education institutions.
Keywords: inclusive education, inclusion, indicators, special educational needs, statistical data, monitoring researches.
https://doi.org/10.32987/2617-8532-2020-4-60-69

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