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    Cost analysis of inclusive education: results of the Support Mainstreaming Inclusion to all Learn Equally (SMILE)

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    • Main objectives
    • Overview
    • Added value of the study
    • Policy and practice implications
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    • Main objectives
    • Overview
    • Added value of the study
    • Policy and practice implications

    Main objectives

    This economic evaluation estimates and analyses the cost of inclusive education in eight schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

    Overview

    This cost efficiency study was designed and conducted to analyse the cost of SMILE’s model of disability-inclusive education in Kaduna State, in order to provide evidence on the efficiency of the approach and the potential cost of scaling up the implemented activities across the state.

    Added value of the study

    The costing analysis suggests that the activities piloted and implemented could be sustainable and scalable given their apparent affordability and efficiency. It also adds evidence on the cost of inclusive education in low and middle income countries in an area where there is close to no data.

    Policy and practice implications

    This study will hopefully bust the myth that inclusive education is too expensive, inform decision makers on the economics of inclusive education and further help its integration in mainstream education.

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    Inclusive education
    Nigeria
    Study details
    Start date
    1 January 2021
    Finish date
    1 October 2023
    Main contact
    Guillaume Trotignon
    Senior research associate - economics
    gtrotignon@sightsavers.org
    Partners
    • Ministry of Education, Kaduna State
    • UK Aid
    • Inclusive Futures
    Funders
    FCDO
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Themes/conditions
    Inclusive education
    Study details
    Start date
    1 January 2021
    Finish date
    1 October 2023
    Main contact
    Guillaume Trotignon
    Senior research associate - economics
    gtrotignon@sightsavers.org
    Partners
    • Ministry of Education, Kaduna State
    • UK Aid
    • Inclusive Futures
    Funders
    FCDO
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Themes/conditions
    Inclusive education

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