12% people in Vanuatu have a disability

Every child has the right to learn and participate in a safe and good learning environment, whether they have a disability or not.

In Vanuatu, the National Sustainable Development Plan includes people with disabilities in several of its policy objectives relating to culture, government services and the economy. The Education Training Sector has had an Inclusive Education (IE) policy in place since 2010, and a National Disability Inclusion Policy for since 2016.

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KoBLE: Preparing to celebrate 43 years of independence, is a good time to give our education system a full check-up. How have we done?

KoBLE: Preparing to celebrate 43 years of independence, is a good time to give our education system a full check-up. How have we done?

Whilst it is great to celebrate freeing ourselves from colonialism and becoming an independent sovereign nation, what have we replaced it with? Or have we even replaced it? For the Kolisen Blong Leftemap Edukesen (KoBLE) Association and its members, the question remains — how satisfied are we with the country’s performance in all levels of education, formal, informal and non-formal since independence?