Education of students with special learning needs such as those with disabilities or learning difficulties.
State educational planners can use a variety of mechanisms to control diverse educational structures so as to achieve particular objectives associated with a positive outcome. Just as there are debates concerning whether special-needs students should be educated in special schools with appropriate physical facilities and staff, or whether it is important for them and other students to be educated in ordinary schools, albeit with suitable support networks and services, so too there are similar debates among those concerned about how best to meet the needs of students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds (Inglis, 2008: 57).
Inglis, Christine. 2008. Planning for cultural diversity. Fundamentals of Educational Planning 87. Paris: UNESCO-IIEP.