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Towards Inclusive Education for All in Palestine A follow-up study of Inclusive Education Project, Ministry of Education
The Norwegian Association of Disabled (NAD), in partnership with Swedish diakonia, has since 1994 provided financial and technical support to local NGO partners that comprise the Rehabilitation Program (RP) in Palestine. The RP has developed into a broad-spectrum rehabilitation program with the aim of promoting social inclusion of children and adults with disability within Palestinian society. Policy development is one of the RP's six inter-related components. This component aims to influence policy makers and contribute to an overall rehabilitation policy in the country, as well as support a dialogue between the government and non-governmental bodies. Under this component, NAD and diakonia have supported the Palestinian Ministry of Education (MOE) since 1997 in the introduction and implementation of inclusive education. This study was undertaken to consider the short-term outcome of the implementation of the MOE's national policy on inclusive education. The study was carried out in January 2004. The objective of the study was to review the implementation of the MOE's inclusive education policy in primary schools and inform whether adoption of the policy had made any difference to the educational environment. The study focused on the following four issues: changes resulting from inclusive education, achievements, constraints, and the way forward.