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The guide is intended primarily for educational policymakers and key educational stakeholders at all levels of decision-making, including national and subnational levels. Secondary users of the guidance include school administrators, teachers and educators, as well as the entire education community. The first section of the guide analyses multilingualism and multilingual education (MLE) and the use of MLE principles in various contexts to support the SDGs. This section highlights, with supporting evidence, the cognitive, social and economic benefits of multilingual education.

Inclusion in education must start in the early years when the foundation for lifelong learning is built and fundamental values and attitudes are formed. Inequality in learning and development emerges during early childhood, before children begin primary school. Beginning to address inclusion when children begin primary school is simply too late.

The document is primarily intended for education policy-makers and planners, school management, principals, teachers and other school staff; and may also be of interest to organizations of persons with disabilities, parents’ associations, youth organizations, the media and the wider public. This document aims to improve understanding of how violence and bullying impacts learners with disabilities, encourage further research and generate evidence about effective interventions.