ДИНАМІКА ПОКАЗНИКІВ ДОСТУПНОСТІ ЗАГАЛЬНОЇ СЕРЕДНЬОЇ ОСВІТИ ДЛЯ ОСІБ З ОСОБЛИВИМИ ОСВІТНІМИ ПОТРЕБАМИ

Abstract

The education of children with special educational needs (SEN) is one of the priority areas for the development of modern education in Ukraine. The article analyses the indicators of accessibility of general secondary education for persons with SEN in accordance with the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Environment in Ukraine. The article presents data on the status of special and inclusive education for the period of 2014/2015-2023/2024 on the basis of official statistical reporting, identifies trends, key achievements and possible challenges to the implementation of the goals of the Strategy. The legal framework in the field of inclusive and special education was examined. Proposals for improving the statistical forms for the formation of indicators of access to general secondary education for persons with SEN were substantiated, which requires further analysis of the compatibility of these indicators with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), performance indicators of the National Strategy for the Development of Inclusive Education for 2023-2030 and reporting indicators of the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), etc. The article also deals with the issue of allocation of subventions from the State budget to local budgets for providing state support to persons with SEN in 2024. It is proposed that in order to calculate the performance indicator in reports on the use of these funds, the number of pupils with SEN, including persons with disabilities who received additional services at the expense of this subvention, should be allocated. The relevance of the article's topic is due to the increased attention and demand of society on the need to include persons with SEN in the educational process and to provide them with quality educational services.