Handicap, Education, and International Development (with special reference to Iran)

Education is the key to advancement of persons with handicaps as it provides access to information, enables them to communicate their needs, interest and experiences, brings them into contact with other student, increases their confidence and encourages them to assert their rights. One of the biggest challenges facing education systems throughout the world is that of inclusion in education.. According to Howell (2006), this understanding is deeply rooted in a historical assumption that learners of all ages can be identified and classified through notions of what is normal and abnormal. The objectives of the study relationship between education, handicap and development. Also to study the socio-economic features of handicap. Documentary method and secondary data are used for the study. The data was drawn from 2006 National Population and Housing Census. According to Census 2006, about 1.4 percentage of the total population and almost 1 out of 100 persons were handicapped. The Iran government has laws and schemes to promote the education of handicap children at various levels. Free education is to be provided to all the handicap children under the age of 18. However, exclusionary policies and practices that deny admission to handicap children are widely prevent all over the country.