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Inclusive education is about far more than accommodating learners with disabilities, but teachers don’t seem to know this. Wilfred Kajese/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

May 25, 2023

Education in Zimbabwe should strive for inclusion – how the philosophy of ubuntu can help

Oliver Mutanga, Nazarbayev University

Ubuntu is a concept that emphasises the importance of including everyone and building a strong community.

Universities should be working to make spaces more accessible for students and staff with disabilities. Shutterstock

July 23, 2018

South Africa’s new higher education disability policy is important, but flawed

Oliver Mutanga, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo; Bothwell Manyonga, University of South Africa, and Sindile Ngubane, University of South Africa

South Africa has a new policy framework for students with disabilities but will it bring real change?

It’s not enough just to enroll disabled students at universities. They need particular support. Shutterstock

January 17, 2017

South Africa’s universities can do more to make disabled students feel included

Oliver Mutanga, University of Oslo

Many students with disabilities feel excluded from daily university life and the assumption is that they, not the institutions, must change.

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