Ensuring Access and Quality Education for Students with Disabilities in Indonesian Universities / INDOEDUC4ALL Erasmus Project

Project Title

Ensuring Access and Quality Education for Students with Disabilities in Indonesian Universities / INDOEDUC4ALL

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Indonesia is one of the 153 countries to have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities and adopted through national legislation no. 19, 2011. People with disabilities experience significant structural and cultural barriers to participate in the society, this is particularly true when it comes to accessing higher education in Indonesia, the level of enrolment of people with disabilities is less than 1%. In the current situation where HE is closely connected with the country’s economic development, and where an university degree is essential for qualified employment, underrepresentation of persons with disabilities in HE leads to continued marginalization in economic and social life. In 2012, the Indonesia Ministry of Education passed the Ministerial Decree number 46, 2012 on the inclusion for people with disabilities in HE. The bill mandates universities to provide accessibility in all educational aspects. Its been two years since its promulgation but the decree remains unknown by the majority of higher education communities, and consequently, persons with disabilities continue to experience barriers that hinder their participation. The INDOEDUC4ALL project proposal “Ensuring Access and Quality Education for Students with Disabilities in Indonesian Universities” will help universities to develop the capacity of its members: leaders, professors, and administrative staff in addressing the educational need of students with disabilities. Modern disability support centres will be created and equipped with assistive technologies, ensuring the accessibility of the teaching-learning processes while including students with disabilities in the process and empowering them. A network will be created to exchange good practices and speak in a common voice at national level. Univerisities will opening up to high schools to widen the access to HE and to the labor market.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 906051 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE & Country: ES

Project Partners

• PERKUMPULAN SIGAB
• UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA
• UNIVERSITAS LAMBUNG MANGKURAT
• UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SURABAYA
• SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY JAKARTA
• UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER
• THE GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY