Mapping of role and tools of PMPC in establishing links with schools for promotion of inclusion

Highlights

Research team:

· Professor Sulochini Pather (PI), Full Professor, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University.

· Dr Ainur Almukhambetova, Postdoctoral Scholar, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University.

· Professor Colleen McLaughlin (PI), Director of Education Reform and Innovation (ERI), University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education.

· Dr Natallia Yakavets, Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education.

· Dr Olena Fim’yar, Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education.

This report is prepared by:

Professor Sulochini Pather, Dr Natallia Yakavets, Dr Ainur Almukhambetova and Professor Colleen McLaughlin.

Acknowledgement

The following individuals are acknowledged for their participation in this research:

· Heads, Deputy Heads, methodologists, defectologists, pedagogic psychologists and psychologists of schools and correctional rooms and members of Early Warning System (EWS) teams.

· Heads of PMPCs and the Republican PMPC.

· Local authority members.

· Tatiana Aderkhina, UNICEF office in Kazakhstan, for support during the project.

· Gulnaz Kelekeyeva from UNICEF, for her role in making contact with participants and arranging interviews.

· Gulshan Aliyeva for her role in providing interpretation services during interviews.