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Education and Disability: Analysis of Data from 49 Countries (UIS Information Paper No. 49)

Corporate Author
UIS
Collation
36 p.
Resource Language
English
Year of publication
2018
Topic
Human rightsDiversity / Cultural literacy / InclusivenessSustainable development / Sustainability
Resource Type
Research papers / journal articles
Level of education
Primary educationSecondary education
Region
AfricaArab StatesAsia and the PacificEurope and North AmericaLatin America and the Caribbean
Place of publication
Montrรฉal

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 calls for โ€œinclusive and quality education for allโ€. Persons with a disability are among the population groups most likely to suffer from exclusion from education but data that permit an analysis of the links between disability and education remain scarce.
This paper examines educational disparities linked to disability based on data from 49 countries and territories for five education indicators:

  • Proportion of 15- to 29-year-olds who ever attended school

  • Out-of-school rate (primary school age, lower secondary school age)

  • Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education)

  • Mean years of schooling of the population 25 years and older

  • Adult literacy rate (population 15 years and older)

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