An African Perspective of Inclusive Education

Abstract

This chapter highlights an African perspective of inclusive education issues, challenges, and how ubuntu philosophy could be used to address them. The chapter targets academics, researchers in inclusive education, inclusive education policymakers, school management teams, advocacy groups, adult and early childhood development practitioners, government officials, interested parties in education from NGOs, individuals with disabilities, parents, and guardians as its audience. One of the inclusive education challenges highlighted in this chapter is that South Africa is seriously grappling with the effectual capacity and material impact of her policies conceptualised and promulgated at the national level and other related transformative education policies. It will be important to pose the following interrogative question: To what extent does inclusive education policy actually shape practice in intended ways at the school and classroom level?