Guidelines for responding to learner diversity in the classroom through curriculum and assessment policy statements

In July 2001, the Ministry of Education published Education White Paper 6 - Special Needs Education: Building an Inclusive Education and Training System which commits the state to the achievement of equality, non-discrimination and the maximum participation of all learners in the education system as a whole. Education White Paper 6 makes it an imperative that the education and training system must change to accommodate the full range of learning needs, with particular attention to strategies for instructional and curriculum transformation (Department of Education, 2001 p. 11). These principles also underlie the new Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).