Partners

Consultations with partners and disability experts 

All children can learn and should be given the opportunity to reach their full academic potential. Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) affirms the right of persons with disabilities to inclusive education, at all levels, without discrimination and on the basis of equal op...

It is well recognized and documented that access to quality education enhances girls’ and boys’ potential for social and economic security as well as reduces poverty. Creating inclusive schools that lead to learning is the fundamental challenge for education systems in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. Inclu...

UNICEF and its partners are driving an initiative that is a broad, systems-oriented effort to advance inclusive education by ensuring that all learners—regardless of ability, language, or connectivity—can engage with high-quality learning materials in formats that meet their needs. Anchored in principles of univer...

Challenges, All children can learn and should be given the opportunity to reach their full academic potential, but most children with disabilities are out of school and lack access to inclusive quality learning. To address SDG 4, accessible and affordable learning materials are required, and UNICEF has been working since 2014 to address this challenge.…, The goal, The goal is for all learners with disabilities to have equal access to quality lear...

Implementation research is initiated through a co-creation approach where implementation and research plans are built together with UNICEF Country Offices (COs), Regional Offices (ROs), governments and other partners at country level.

UNICEF and its partners have developed steps to produce, test and validate the piloting of the accessible digital textbooks at the county level. The textbooks must be based in the country’s educational system and produced jointly with a multidisciplinary technical team, collaborating with teachers, experts, techno...

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Embedded video follows The Accessible Digital Textbooks for All Initiative is a global effort led by UNICEF, together with its partners, and within the framework of the joint programme supported by the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) to make textbooks available, affordable and ac...

Accessible Digital Textbooks Using Universal Design for Learning for children with and without disabilities, What is UDL?, Embedded video follows UNICEF/Anne Hayes UDL is an educational framework recognizing that all children learn differently and benefit from differentiated learning techniques in the classroom. E...

When creating your accessible EPUB, where possible, include a video recording of sign language in your local language. Ensure the involvement of deaf experts in the recording process. It is advisable to export all sign language videos as *.mp4s and following the sign language recording guidelines. Ensure compressi...