Merging General and Special Education



Merging General and Special Education

Introduction

The need for inclusive education or merging the general education with special education stemmed from the fact that the special students who were pulled from their classmates were not doing very well. The model of school whereby the special students were placed in separate classrooms has turned out to be a failure when actually it should have been a preventive model for support and service (Clark, 2004). Merging the general education with special education is both beneficial and essential in that it will ensure equality of human rights.

Discussion

According to a report published by UNICEF on Human Rights and Disability, one of the major problems in the field of education today is the unavailability of education for children and adults with disabilities. Education is one of the fundamental human rights. The lack of opportunities for the people of a certain nation or a certain disability group to get education is a failure on the part of the government. The major reason why the two systems should be merged is rooted in the fact that there is a considerable difference in the quality of education that is provided for special people and that assessable to the normal people (Reid, 2001). UNICEF has been working on the goal of Education for All but if nations do not work on the inclusive education, this goal will remain unaccomplished.

Merging the two systems of education will help the special children feel normal. They will be more confident and will be more willing to make part of the world that exists beyond their homes and the love of their parents. They would know that the world is willing to accept them the way they are. They will be more competent in that if they remain in the ...