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WHO IS TARGETED BY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION?Broad vision <strong>of</strong> inclusion seeks to remove barriers that preventlearners to benefit from <strong>education</strong> and achieve <strong>the</strong>ir full potential.Three groups <strong>of</strong> learners targeted:1. Learners in mainstream schools that are failing to learn due to barriers<strong>of</strong> whatever nature (family disruption, language issues, poverty,inappropriate teaching).2. Learners in special schools who have been placed in <strong>the</strong> school on <strong>the</strong>basis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir disability (disability is considered to be a barrier, although<strong>the</strong>re may be many o<strong>the</strong>r barriers in addition).3. Learners <strong>of</strong> compulsory school-going age who are out <strong>of</strong> school or whohave never been enrolled in school due to barriers <strong>of</strong> whatever nature(multiple disabilities and poverty are two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> major barriers <strong>for</strong> thisgroup).

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