Various (2017) Strengthening Inclusive Education in Fiji – Lessons Learned from AQEP: Changing attitudes about disability

This policy brief discusses attitudinal barriers in children with disabilities in accessing education. Changing attitudes about disability is a significant component in children with disabilities receiving a quality education in Fiji. Without attitudinal change, the right to education for all children will not be realised. The recommendations offer ways to continue the transformation in attitudes that is already occurring in communities and schools.

1. Continue awareness raising workshops and roadshows in schools and communities to improve attitudes about disability and to facilitate children with disabilities’ access to educational opportunities in mainstream schools.
2. Ministry of Education to work together with Disabled People’s Organisations to develop advocacy strategies to raise awareness about disability through different media that education is a right for all children.