Inclusive Education in Malaysia: Issues and Chalenges

Inclusive   education is a global  issue  in  many  countries including  Malaysia  that has formulated  policies  to achieve  its aims and  objectives. The implementation is to create  inclusive  school communities. However, it is confronted with barriers, dilemmas, and contradictions that resulted in reforms.  The purpose  of this paper  is to  highlight  Malaysian  policy  toward inclusive  education   and  to identify  the  major  problems, issues  and  challenges   in  inclusive schools, and   constrains   inclusive   practices    based on  the   two inclusive schools in Malaysia.

Keywords: inclusive education. Malaysian policy. Issues and chalengges

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