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“Inclusive Schools” (called “InScool”, in short)
is a project that wants to support inclusive education
in schools across Europe.
The InScool project bring together five organisations
from different European countries.
Eirini Kareta is one of the main organisers
of the InScool project.
Inclusion Europe had an interview with Ms. Kareta
to learn more about the project.
What follows is an easy-to-read version
of the interview.
What are the goals of the InScool project?
The project wants to support inclusion
in schools.
We support inclusion of students with disabilities,
including intellectual disabilities.
We also support inclusion of students
coming from different cultures.
And of all students that are different
from any other reason.
When did you start the project?
We started the project in February 2017.
The idea came from the British Council team
which is the organisation where I work.
Why did you decide to start this project?
We had the idea because the British Council
already worked on other projects
about inclusive education.
We wanted to give teachers
and other people working in schools
what they needed
in order to create inclusion in school.
That is why we created a guide
with lots of information
on how to create more inclusion at school.
Many organisations, for example NGOs,
helped us.
Together we organised some trainings
about the project.
What are the results of the project so far?
We have trained many teachers and students.
It is still difficult to look at the results at the moment.
But so many people are taking part
in this project.
I think that there is still a lot to do
if we want inclusion in schools.
But I also think that we are doing much better.
What are the main activities of the project?
The InScool project has many different activities.
The teachers can follow the Education Pack.
The Education Pack is a guide with all the information
to organise activities in the classrooms
that support inclusion.
We also organise workshop, trainings
and some big events.
What will be the next events of the project?
In spring there will be the “Inclusion weeks”.
During each “Inclusion week” students will work together
with teachers.
They will do their own projects
and take part in some events.
For example:
film screenings for students in Greece.
Next autumn there will be a final event
in Brussels.
During this event we want to talk about
the topic of inclusion in schools
in Europe.
Students and teachers will also talk about their experience
with the InScool project.
Read more on the website of the “InScool” project (not in easy-to-read).
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