{"id":110960,"date":"2024-12-17T11:13:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T10:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/arsimi-gjitheperfshires-vetem-fjale-ne-leter\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:11:06","slug":"inclusive-education-is-just-words-on-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/inclusive-education-is-just-words-on-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive education is just words on paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"110960\" class=\"elementor elementor-110960 elementor-110903\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ebe812 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ebe812\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75f724c\" data-id=\"75f724c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a9fe6 elementor-fixed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9a9fe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1080\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/K2.0-BLACK-LOGO.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-101429\" alt=\"Llogo e Kosovo 2.0. 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The overall scene conveys a sense of inaccessibility due to the stairs.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3779-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3779-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3779-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3779-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3779-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3779-1-326x183.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21e4ed1 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abf1c8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abf1c8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e4ef8e\" data-id=\"2e4ef8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeecf8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeecf8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sitting at her kitchen table, where she often does her homework, 13-year-old Lira explains a math equation she recently learned in school to her brother and two younger sisters. They listen intently, counting on their fingers as her sister recites the numbers aloud.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSeven minus three?\u201d Lira asked, whose name is a pseudonym because her family prefers to remain anonymous.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFour,\u201d they all reply in unison.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their mother, perched on the edge of a gray sofa, watches them proudly and speaks about Lira&#8217;s love for math.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince the second grade, she has known the entire multiplication table \u2014 even if asked in her sleep, she could recite it,\u201d her mother said. \u201cI sometimes tell her when the teachers tell me:\u00a0 \u2018Don\u2019t bring [Lira] to school because there are only two hours of class\u2019 in order to not put her through the ordeal. But [Lira] insists: \u2018No, I\u2019ll go, even if it\u2019s just two hours. I want to attend those two.\u2019 She doesn\u2019t like sitting around doing nothing. She wants to go to school, period.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lira, a seventh-grade student at a primary school in a village near Prizren, nurtures her love for learning every day, despite the challenges she faces. Born with hemiparesis \u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/hemiparesis#symptoms\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a condition that causes weakness on one side of the body<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 she experiences difficulty walking, standing and maintaining balance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lira\u2019s school is four kilometers from her home, and she relies on her family for transportation. Every day, her uncle, who teaches at the same school, drives her there, carries her to class and waits until she finishes to take her back home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;She is lucky that he is there,&#8221; said Lira&#8217;s mother.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As time passes, the uncertainties about Lira\u2019s future after primary school grow stronger. She hopes to attend high school in Prizren, but her uncle will not be there to take her every day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile for 16-year-old Elfete Muhadri, the absence of someone to assist her at school forced her to stop her education five years ago. Blind since birth, she has not attended school in half a decade.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elfete, who is from the village of Lipovec in Gjakova, has only one educational option tailored to the blind and visually impaired available \u2014 the Xheladin Deda Resource Center in Peja. In 2018, she visited the center for the first time with her father, Mani, who himself studied there from 1981 to 1992. Mani, now 56, also lives with visual impairments. Since its establishment in 1982, the resource center remains the only institution of its kind in Kosovo, operating under the funding and responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While studying at the center, Elfete lived with her father in the center\u2019s dormitory. Mani explains that he never considered sending her to a regular public school because he believed the center was the best option for her, based on his own experience. Although Mani graduated from the center as a post-telegraphist\/telephone operator, a qualification that helped him secure a job, Elfete\u2019s experience was different. The center ultimately did not meet her needs and in 2019, she stopped attending classes there.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Elfete and her father, like Lira and her family, have faced daily uncertainties, hardships and struggles to secure unhindered access to education. They are just a few of the many across Kosovo facing similar challenges.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69cb1ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69cb1ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-175b903\" data-id=\"175b903\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac3b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bac3b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The difficult road to school<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b5c644 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b5c644\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a71e9ef\" data-id=\"a71e9ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237bd9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"237bd9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In just two years, Lira will finish primary school and transition to high school. In the meantime, her family must address a significant challenge. They have already started considering options and ideas for how she will travel to high school, which is located about 15 kilometers away.<\/p><p>\u201cWe managed to find a solution until ninth grade, but after that, we don\u2019t know what we\u2019ll do,\u201d her mother said.<\/p><p>Their past experiences only add to these uncertainties.<\/p><p>Three years ago, Lira&#8217;s uncle made a request for transportation from the Municipal Directorate of Education (MDE) in Prizren on behalf of a group of children in the neighborhood, based on<a href=\"https:\/\/gzk.rks-gov.net\/ActDocumentDetail.aspx?ActID=2770\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0the Law on Pre-University Education<\/a>, which requires municipalities to provide transportation for all children if the nearest school is over four kilometers away.<\/p><p>He explained that the municipality rejected his request because he did not specify that Lira has a physical disability. If they had included this detail, Lira would have been legally entitled to safe and appropriate transportation. After this rejection, Lira&#8217;s uncle said that they have not submitted any further requests.<\/p><p>&#8220;Since they didn\u2019t provide a solution for the neighborhood by offering transportation for a group of children, we didn\u2019t believe they would make an exception for us either, so we didn\u2019t reach out to them again,&#8221; Lira\u2019s uncle said.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3a2c3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3a2c3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d58382\" data-id=\"2d58382\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63b1e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63b1e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2080\" height=\"2350\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-110969\" alt=\"Digital illustration showing a person with a cane standing at the bottom of a staircase. The person is wearing a long coat and has a pink backpack. They are facing towards the stairs, where two other people are ascending. The staircase is in a school hallway.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1.jpg 2080w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1-1360x1536.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1-1813x2048.jpg 1813w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3793-1-326x368.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2080px) 100vw, 2080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Children with physical disabilities are faced with insurmountable obstacles, be it on their way to school, or inside schools.   Illustration: Altin Ibrahimi \/ K2.0.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92d34ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92d34ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c24381\" data-id=\"0c24381\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92eab21 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92eab21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While her uncle\u2019s assistance has temporarily resolved the transportation issue, reaching school is not Lira\u2019s only challenge. The school she attends is one of many in Kosovo that fails to meet even basic standards for students with physical disabilities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clear guidelines and standards outline how schools should be constructed to accommodate all students equally. However, many schools in Kosovo have failed to implement these measures. One such guideline is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/masht.rks-gov.net\/udhezues-per-normat-dhe-standardet-e-ndertesave-shkollore\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MESTI Guide to Norms and Standards for School Buildings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which specifies the infrastructure needs and physical requirements schools must meet to ensure unhindered access for students with physical disabilities. These standards address schools\u2019 locations, external infrastructure like entrances and special parking and internal infrastructure such as elevators and accessible toilets.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cccfef0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cccfef0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27f29ec\" data-id=\"27f29ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2a478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2a478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lira\u2019s school has accessible ramps for entering the building and classrooms, but it fails to meet any of the other conditions outlined in the MESTI guidelines.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on data MESTI provided to K2.0, just over 600 of Kosovo\u2019s schools are accessible to people with disabilities, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/masht.rks-gov.net\/statistikat-e-arsimit-ne-kosove-2023-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of 1,036 educational institutions, a number that includes preschools, elementary schools and high schools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Isuf Gashi, head of MESTI&#8217;s Division for Planning and Standards of School Infrastructure \u2014 responsible for ensuring and designing safe and inclusive school environments for all children \u2014 based his response on data collected in 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also noted that 38 schools built between 2016 and 2023 have been added to the overall number of accessible schools. Over the past eight years, MESTI has constructed 12 accessible ramps, and according to Gashi, 19 more are currently under construction.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efforts to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities have typically focused on constructing ramps at school entrances. HANDIKOS, an association for paraplegics and paralyzed children in Kosovo, also emphasizes this point in its work to protect the rights of people with disabilities across the country.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, HANDIKOS assessed 144 school buildings across the country as part of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/handi-kos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/03\/RAPORTI-I-VLERESIMIT-TE-QASSHMERISE-SE-NDERTESAVE-SHKOLLORE-TE-NIVELIT-FILLOR-DHE-MESEM-TE-ULET-PER-FEMIJET-ME-AFTESI-TE-KUFIZUARA-NE-KOSOVE-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a report on accessibility for children with disabilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83d82f1\" data-id=\"83d82f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304c7b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"304c7b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technical and physical requirements necessary to ensure access for children with physical disabilities:<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The entrance to the schoolyard from the street should be step-free.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Door thresholds should be avoided.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Access to all buildings should be available to people with special needs, preferably with platforms that have a slope no greater than 1:12 (5% slope).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Circulation areas, door openings, sanitary facilities, evacuation routes and classroom spaces should be specially designed for children and adults using wheelchairs, crutches and canes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Writing boards (with movable options) should be accessible from a seated position.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Elevators should be positioned near the building entrance, with enough space inside for wheelchairs. The signs and controls should be accessible to people with disabilities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Each school should have a toilet for students with special needs, featuring special dimensions, a sufficiently wide door and securely placed metal railings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Special parking for vehicles should include a larger space on one side.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-779eacf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"779eacf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db192a\" data-id=\"1db192a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6eaa1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6eaa1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The assessment revealed that 19% of schools lacked ramps entirely, while 56% of the ramps in schools did not meet accessibility standards. Additionally, 74% of schools had no accessible toilets for people with disabilities, and in 19% of cases, accessible toilets were repurposed for other school needs such as sanitary storage. Every school lacked an elevator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation is similar at Lira\u2019s school. She is fortunate that her classroom is located on the first floor. However, whenever she needs something from the second floor or when an activity is held there, she relies on her teachers\u2019 goodwill. She cannot access the lab, located on the second floor, without someone\u2019s help.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen we had class in the lab, we would all take her by the arm and carry her because we didn\u2019t want to leave her behind. Even though it\u2019s quite exhausting for her, and she often experiences back pain as a result, we have no other option,\u201d said one of Lira\u2019s teachers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is just one example of the challenges that cannot be solved with ramps alone, highlighting the need for a more inclusive and well-thought-out approach to accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccbbb94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccbbb94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a20236d\" data-id=\"a20236d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d491f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96d491f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>A mountain of unsolved challenges<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29bc942 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29bc942\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea31eed\" data-id=\"ea31eed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0386118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0386118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessibility in schools goes beyond buildings\u2019 physical infrastructure or location. Students have different disabilities, and each one requires specific solutions that address their unique needs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elfete is aware of this, as she has tried to continue her education for some time. The Municipality of Gjakova provided her with transportation to the Xheladin Deda Resource Center in Peja, but that was not enough.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elfete registered at the Xheladin Deda center in 2018. Since it was far from home, she stayed at the center from Monday to Friday. However, she did not stay long, partly because she refused to be separated from her father. Mani tried to stay with her, but he also needed to be close to the rest of their family in their village \u2014 his wife, three other children and his mother, who has since passed away. Additionally, his own health was poor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was exhausted. I would even nod off while sitting in a chair from being on my feet non-stop,\u201d said Mani.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the resource center lacked the staff to provide 24-hour care for Elfete, Mani withdrew her registration in 2019.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This choice was not easy for him. HANDIKOS says that families never give up easily on their children\u2019s education and do everything they can to include their children in regular schools. Families use their own funds to hire assistants and support teachers, and, in some cases, parents, especially mothers, sacrifice their professions and jobs to be with their children during lessons.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a57931 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a57931\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27633e3\" data-id=\"27633e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2af18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac2af18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2317\" height=\"1985\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-110972\" alt=\"A digital illustration of a person on a wheelchair in front of a labyrinth with a circular design. The labyrinth has thick, beige walls. The overall scene conveys a sense of inaccessibility and difficulties that people with disabilities are faced with when it comes to accessing education.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1.jpg 2317w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1-1024x877.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1-1536x1316.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1-2048x1755.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3798-1-1-326x279.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2317px) 100vw, 2317px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Faced with bureaucratic, emotional and financial difficulties alone, families of children with disabilities are forced to remove their children from education altogether. Ilustrimi: Altin Ibrahimi \/ K2.0.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5e781b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5e781b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e570c9\" data-id=\"3e570c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da08644 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da08644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vast majority of children with disabilities face the same situation as Elfete \u2014 without the necessary support, they do not attend school. The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unmik.unmissions.org\/38000-children-disabilities-not-attending-school-srsg-tanin-hears-during-visit-unicef\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">around 43,000 children with disabilities live in Kosovo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but only a small number of them attend school. According to the European Commission\u2019s 2024 Kosovo Report, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu\/kosovo-report-2024_en\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">88% of children with disabilities in Kosovo remain outside the education system<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MESTI is not even certain of the exact number of children wit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h disabilities attending regular public schools, as it relies on estimates from school personnel. According to a response by MESTI in August 2024, school personnel counted just 3,903 children with disabilities as part of regular classes in public schools in the 2022-2023 school year. MESTI stated that it would collect more accurate data once Pedagogical Evaluation Teams (PET) in Kosovo\u2019s municipalities become fully operational. According to education statistics about the 2023-2024 school year in Kosovo, published in October 2024, 3,676 children with disabilities \u2014 227 less than the previous year \u2014 are part of regular classes in public schools. In this document too, it is stated that not all children are evaluated by professional teams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/masht.rks-gov.net\/ua-me-nr-16-2017-e-dt-22-12-2017-vleresimi-pedagogjik-i-femijeve-me-nevoja-te-vecanta-arsimore\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These teams assess children\u2019s abilities and educational needs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and determine whether students should continue in special education or attend regular school. These teams typically consist of specialists in education, social work, psychology and rehabilitation. They are recognized as external support for educational and training institutions, providing advice and guidance to teachers, students and parents.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, not all municipalities have operationalized the PET. According to MESTI, this is due, in part, to the lack of professionals in the relevant fields and the failure of municipalities to compensate PET members.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lack of accurate data is one of the many shortcomings of Kosovo\u2019s education system, which fails to provide children like Elfete with equal opportunities. While MESTI mentions the built-in ramps, these are meaningless for the 670 blind or visually impaired students who attend regular public schools.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bekim Krasniqi, program manager at the Kosovo Association of the Blind, said that blind or visually impaired children have no way to learn without their families&#8217; support.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Ultimately, the child can only learn if family members accompany them, take notes and read the notes to them aloud at home. This is the only possibility; there is no other way,&#8221; Krasniqi said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children with disabilities should rely on assistants instead of family members. However, this is not easily achievable. According to MESTI, which places the responsibility for hiring assistants on municipalities, 339 assistants have been employed in schools across Kosovo.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If school staff are accurate in their estimate t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat 3,676 children with disabilities attended regular schools in the 2023-2024 school year, that means there was one assistant for every 10 to 11 children with disabilities. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This contradicts the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/masht.rks-gov.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UA-per-asistent-per-FNVA-20.07.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Administrative Instruction on the Role, Duties and Responsibilities of the Education Assistant for Children\/Pupils with Special Educational Needs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which states that an assistant can support one to two students within a group, class, or school.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a support assistant, children with visual disabilities cannot navigate Kosovo&#8217;s schools, whose infrastructure is inadequate for the needs of the blind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb8fe37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb8fe37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7df1965\" data-id=\"7df1965\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a4d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3a4d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to HANDIKOS research, the usability of school buildings for children with visual disabilities or low visual capacities is the most critical issue in Kosovo. Meanwhile, MESTI claims<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/arsimigjitheperfshires.rks-gov.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arsimi-gjith%C3%ABperfshir%C3%ABs-Broshure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to embrace an inclusive education approach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to not segregate students into special schools. However, it failed to uphold these commitments in response to K2.0&#8217;s question about infrastructure for children with visual disabilities. It briefly confirmed that schools have almost no infrastructure in place for visually impaired students. When asked about a solution, MESTI stated that it is still &#8220;identifying schools for infrastructure improvement according to specifications.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, children with visual disabilities face easily identifiable problems that MESTI acknowledges.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, they need to learn and read in Braille, a system of raised dots allowing the visually impaired people to read using touch. According to the Law on Pre-University Education in Kosovo, students with partial vision and those who are blind have the right to be taught how to use Braille.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70869db\" data-id=\"70869db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e7e459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e7e459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technical and physical requirements necessary to ensure access for children with visual disabilities:<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The main entrances to school buildings should be clearly visible and easy to open.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Avoid fully glazed (glass) doors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Mark landings and stairs with colors that are distinct and different from each other.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Avoid windows at the end of corridors due to excessive contrast in lighting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Avoid small level changes. Where unavoidable, small platforms are preferable to stairs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Elevators should be placed near the entrance to the building. The elevator cabin should include Braille signage for the blind, have acoustic and visual call reception and voice announcements for the floors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Signage both outside the school and inside the building should be visible and rationally continuous.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60be7c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60be7c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3d6544\" data-id=\"b3d6544\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e78f746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e78f746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2080\" height=\"2350\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-110975\" alt=\"A digital illustration of two hands reading Braille. Above the hands, there is a Braille alphabet chart with the letters A to U.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1.jpg 2080w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1-1360x1536.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1-1813x2048.jpg 1813w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3786-1-326x368.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2080px) 100vw, 2080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ensuring in schools that children with visual disabilities learn Braille, is a fundamental precondition for their equal participation in education. Illustration: Altin Ibrahimi \/ K2.0.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fe60c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fe60c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90d60ac\" data-id=\"90d60ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbad60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edbad60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This requirement calls for instructors, who do not exist in regular public schools in Kosovo. In response to K2.0&#8217;s request for comment on the lack of instructors, MESTI briefly replied, without any additional explanation or plan: &#8220;it is known that there are no instructors.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if students learn how to use Braille, they face delays in receiving their Braille books. Krasniqi explains that the Xheladin Deda Resource Center in Peja primarily prepares Braille books and sends them to children in regular schools. However, he noted that delays frequently occur due to the insufficient capacities of the resource center in Peja.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have had cases where an entire semester has passed, and the student has not received the necessary materials in Braille or in an enlarged format,\u201d Krasniqi said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MESTI attributes the delays to the limited technical and human resources in the resource centers, as well as constant changes to textbooks. MESTI does not specify how it will address this problem, even though it manages the resource centers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11b78de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11b78de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72452c1\" data-id=\"72452c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda7437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dda7437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>(Non) Inclusive education<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80a750a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80a750a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98382cb\" data-id=\"98382cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42179eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42179eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inclusion is often mentioned and celebrated as the foundation of education in Kosovo. MESTI has a division dedicated to inclusive education and promotes an inclusive education as the best one.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/arsimigjitheperfshires.rks-gov.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arsimi-gjith%C3%ABperfshir%C3%ABs-Broshure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It writes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that separating certain students into separate schools has negative effects on their future and on society as a whole.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But some students never experience the benefits of inclusion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular public schools in Kosovo remain hostile environments for children with disabilities. These children spend their childhoods facing countless obstacles that prevent them from accessing their rights as citizens of Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-faec562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"faec562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10e78dd\" data-id=\"10e78dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e171d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07e171d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-110978\" alt=\"A digital illustration of silhouettes of people with disabilities. 22 of the silhouettes are gray to imply the percentage of children with disabilities who are excluded from the education system. 3 are pink to imply the low percentage of children with disabilities who are part of the education system.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3789-1-326x183.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Despite commitments to inclusivity, the vast majority of children with disabilities in Kosovo remain actively excluded from their right to education.  Illustration: Altin Ibrahimi \/ K2.0.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93b3c08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93b3c08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2ffeb0\" data-id=\"c2ffeb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2029b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f2029b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natyra Agani, a clinical psychologist specializing in school climate, violence and bullying, emphasizes the importance of recognizing children with disabilities as equal citizens with value. She places this recognition at the core of inclusion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Children with disabilities have a wide range of individual abilities and skills. We should perceive them as citizens with value and potential, and, above all, with opportunities. The concept of inclusion makes sense when we start to understand them as individuals with opportunities and internalize this as a value,&#8221; Agani said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this commitment to inclusion has not gone beyond mere words for Elfete, who is now 16 years old and should be enjoying her high school days, her prom night and planning which major she will pursue in college. Instead, she has not been to school for five years, while her father Mani tries every day to find a way to provide for his daughter&#8217;s education while also managing his own difficulties as a person with visual disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even Lira, who should be focusing on the math equations she knows so well, has to worry about how she will get to school the next day and who will help her reach the lab. Meanwhile, the adults around her, instead of spending their time feeling proud of their daughter, anxiously think about the future.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone faces a system that pushes them to the margins every day, but everyone is also determined to push back against this system.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Feature image<\/b><b>: Altin Ibrahimi \/ K2.0<\/b><\/p><p><b>Lead editor: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/author\/aulonek\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Aulon\u00eb Kadriu.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b023311 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b023311\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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