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Navigating Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities in Classrooms in Africa
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Author(s): Daniel Lupiya Mpolomoka (UNICAF University, Zambia), Selina Banda (Copperbelt University, Zambia), Rose Chikopela (Chalimbana University, Zambia), Rex L. Sampa (Copperbelt University, Zambia)and Sympathy Mandoloma (Malawi Assemblies of God University, Malawi)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 46
Source title:
LGBTQIA+ Educators Shaping Modern Education: Identity, Institutional Expectations, and Pedagogical Responsibilities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Henry Esteva Lemana II (Walailak University, Thailand)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-7194-8.ch012
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Abstract
This chapter describes challenges and opportunities of inclusive classroom environments in diverse African contexts. Inclusive education (IE) is vital for realizing equitable development in Africa, guaranteeing all learners have access to quality education. Though many African countries devote to international agendas, enactment of IE remains irregular. The chapter brings out important barriers together with stigma and discrimination, gender inequality, limited parental awareness, inadequate infrastructure, insufficient teacher training, language diversity and breaches between policy and practice. Notwithstanding these challenges, innovative methods like community-based education models, inclusive pedagogies, technology integration and policy improvements in countries like South Africa, Kenya, Zambia and Ghana provide indicative progress. It stresses the roles of teachers, families, governments and non-governmental organizations in advancing inclusive education. It offers practical stratagems for firming up inclusive classroom practices and scaling inclusive education in Africa.
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