The purpose of this booklet is to assist UNICEF staff and partners to understand the basic concepts of inclusive education, with an emphasis on children with disabilities, and how it fits within UNICEF’s mission.

• Why inclusive education is important.

• What inclusive education is and is it not about.

• How inclusive education relates to UNICEF’s mission, as well as the organization’s disability and education agendas.

• UNICEF’s recent involvement with inclusive education at the global and regional levels.