Speaking at the international conference and awards, organised by 2024 The Zero Project Conference held in Vienna, Austria, Nwigwe said inclusive education could transform learning environments by ensuring that the pupils have a sense of freedom, safety and equality.
She emphasized the importance of making the learning environment conducive for all categories of pupils, irrespective of their social, physical, emotional and intellectual conditions, adding that conducive environment would make them think less of their peculiar conditions, while ensuring they leverage other aspects of their strengths and energies.
Inclusive education, according to her, is important because it provides an educational setting where students from different backgrounds and with different abilities learn together without keeping certain categories of learners in isolation because of their special needs.
“It is imperative that we accommodate all children regardless of their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, linguistic, or other conditions. This is important because educational interventions are already limited in displaced settings because of their peculiar circumstances, and as a result, an inclusive environment is vital,” she said.
