This indicator measures the rate of children with disabilities enrolled in special schools at a given level of education as a percentage of the total number of children with disabilities at that level of education
Human Rights Standards:
Article 28 (1), Convention on the Rights of the Child; Para 67 of Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment 9; Article 13 (2); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 24; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Articles 15 (1) & 17 (2), (Revised) European Social Charter; Article 13 (3) (e), Protocol of San Salvador; Article 13, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; Article 13 (4) (g), African Youth Charter
Areas of Focus:
Marginalised Groups:
Types of Indicator:
Levels of disaggregation:
Type of Disability, Level of Education, Region, Urban/Rural, Public/Private
A significantly high percentage of children with disabilities enrolled in special schools may reflect that the State is not making sufficient efforts for reasonable accommodation of children with disabilities in mainstream schools. A significantly low percentage may reflect that the State does not provide sufficient special schools for children with disabilities who cannot be integrated in mainstream schools