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Decoding the EducationWorld | Why inclusive education is not a choice but a necessity?

July 6, 2026 /Posted byPrajwal EW / 0

In this episode of the Decoding the EducationWorld Podcast, Managing Editor Summiya Yasmeen speaks with two leading voices in inclusive education — Daniel Sobel, Founder and President of the World Inclusion Congress (WIC) and Chair of the International Forum of Inclusion Practitioners (IFIP), and Ben Gudgeon, Senior Director of IFIP and the World Inclusion Congress.

The conversation explores why inclusive education is no longer a choice but a necessity in today’s world. The speakers discuss the global push towards inclusive classrooms, the gap between policy and practice, the barriers schools face in implementing inclusion, and the practical steps educators can take to ensure every child has equitable learning opportunities.

From teacher training and school leadership to accessibility, collaboration, and the future of inclusive education, this is an insightful discussion on building learning environments where every child can thrive.

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"Whether you are ready or not, we are in the midst of a civilisational transition. The last of this magnitude was the Industrial Revolution. This one will take two decades. Intelligence is becoming cheaper, more abundant and more widely deployable at an unprecedented pace. For India, the question is not whether AI will reshape the global economy—it already is. The question is whether we can capture value from this transformation or merely supply inputs into someone else's success. India possesses four advantages few countries can match: talent, regulatory openness, scale and renewable energy. Winners are those who build durable ecosystems as technology becomes broadly usable. India still has that window, but it will not stay open forever."

- Amitabh Kant, The Indian Express, (30/6)

"Major global concerns such as climate change, inequality, poverty, AI and automation, and displacement and migration need to be studied from an interdisciplinary perspective, but academic tribalism continues to protect disciplinary boundaries. There are five major hurdles sabotaging interdisciplinary research: epistemological clashes, the lack of a common vocabulary, inadequate institutional funding, the absence of dedicated journals, and academia's chronic silos syndrome. Academic tribalism is the norm, and egoistic clashes often hinder collaboration even when faculty work together. While everyone admits that interdisciplinarity is the future, institutional hurdles prevent research from translating into action. The ecosystem breeding academic tribalism must be challenged, interdisciplinarity consciously promoted, and faculty undertaking interdisciplinary projects incentivised."

- A Joseph Dorairaj, The Indian Express, (3/7)