Last week CSIE was represented at a conference in Most, Czech Republic, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Zdenek Matejcek Primary School.

We were particularly honoured to receive this invitation, as CSIE had also been invited to contribute to a similar event in 2018, following a number of engagements in Prague.

Our director, Dr Artemi Sakellariadis, represented CSIE and spoke about inclusive education as a human rights issue.

She put forward a rationale for inclusive education, based on children’s rights as these are stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Salamanca Statement and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  She also described the current education system in England and spoke about how CSIE is supporting the development of more inclusive education.

As with other invitations to share CSIE’s voice (for example at The Future of SEND national conference in Manchester last month) we were delighted to share CSIE’s perspective and feel honoured to see our work being appreciated.