This Statement begins with a commitment to 'Education for All', recognizing the necessity and urgency of providing education for all children, young people, and adults 'within the regular education system.

It says those children with special educational needs 'must have access to regular schools’.

The UNESCO Salamanca Statement calls on the international community to endorse the approach of inclusive schools by implementing practical and strategic changes.


UNESCO Salamanco Statement (2018). Retrieved 21 November 2018, from http://www.csie.org.uk/inclusion/unesco-salamanca.shtml


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