- Mission title: Development of a national inclusive education strategy in Burundi
- Country: Burundi
- Client: UNICEF
- Period of execution: November 2022-May 2023
Description of the mission:
The objective of this consultancy is to ultimately have a national strategic orientation framework for inclusive education that responds to the context, national policy and legal and administrative instruments and frameworks for education in force in Burundi.
More specifically, the firm will have to make a basic inventory and an analysis of the best options for effectively taking into account inclusion in the Education sector in Burundi, which takes into account issues of ACCESS, QUALITY as well as management and financing. This will then involve:
- Defining the outline of inclusive education to identify the profile and needs of the children concerned in the education sector;
- Describing the national and international foundations of the national inclusive education strategy;
- Analyze the issues and define the basic principles that should underpin the implementation of the strategy for the education sector;
- Analyze and demonstrate how to promote the supply, demand and quality of inclusive education;
- Propose an institutional mechanism for steering and financing inclusive education with sustainable mechanisms for monitoring, caring for and supporting children with disabilities;
- Provide practical guidance adapted to the Burundi context for strengthening and improving inclusive education in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Make solid recommendations for effective implementation of the national inclusive education strategy in Burundi.
Outcomes of the study
This mission was carried out under the supervision of UNICEF, in partnership with other education stakeholders in Burundi. The Ministry of National Education played a major role in the process by mobilizing and engaging stakeholders at all levels. Burundi now has its national inclusive education policy, accompanied by a quantified action plan.