This indicator measures the rate of children with disabilities enrolled in mainstream schools in a given level of education as a percentage of the total number of children with disabilities in that level of education 

Comments: 

Children with disabilities should not be excluded from the general education system on the basis of disability

Human Rights Standards: 

Article 13 (2), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 28 (1), Convention on the Rights of the Child; Paras 66 & 67 of Committee on the Rights of the Child GC 9; Article 24 (2), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Articles 17 (2) & 15 (1), (Revised) European Social Charter; Article 13 (3), Protocol of San Salvador; Article 11 (3), African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; Article 7 (2) (c), ILO Convention 182; Article 13 (4) (a) (b), African Youth Charter; Articles 40 & 41(2) Arab Charter

Areas of Focus: 
Marginalised Groups: 
Types of Indicator: 
Levels of disaggregation: 
Type of Disability, Level of Education, Region, Urban/Rural