Abstract
Chapter 3 discusses education and training inequalities affecting PWDs in Jamaica. It unveils the value ascribed to education and training by PWDs and documents the structural marginalization evident in comparatively poorer educational outcomes than nondisabled counterparts, using 1991 and 2001 secondary census data as well 2004 primary data. The education and training advancements made by PWDs are disaggregated by disability type, severity, gender, geographic location, and type(s) of education/ training institution(s) attended—that is, mainstream, special, or both are presented. Further, the main barriers that facilitate structural education and training discrimination are identified from which evidence-based strategies to address the educational marginality of PWDs are gleaned.
If you don’t have any education, you can’t reach anywhere. PWDs.
Disabled persons should be in all schools. PWDs and Caregiver.
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Gayle-Geddes, A. (2015). Education and Training Inequality. In: Disability and Inequality. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137449269_4
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