It is the Romanian higher education ready for the inclusion of students with disabilities?
It is the Romanian higher education ready for the inclusion of students with disabilities?

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to answer the question: It is the Romanian higher education ready for the inclusion of students with disabilities? In this context, we intend to approach different issues, educational and social, by radiography issues such as: the rate of inclusion of people with disabilities in higher education in Romania, if universities develop strategies for including students with disabilities, national strategy that Romania has developed to include young people with disabilities in higher education.This subject is topical, considering that the Europe 2020 strategy, the European Council established five major EU objectives for education aiming at increasing to over 40% for the higher education graduates in the population aged between 30 and 34 years. The situation in the year 2013 shows that the number of people with disabilities in Romania was 709.216, of which 14% is people aged between 8 and 35 years.A comparative study of Eurostudent highlights the percentages of students with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses of all students in different countries, in 2008, and ranks Romania 17th place of 22, the young people with disabilities in higher education. Also, in recent academic years, the percentage of students with disabilities did not exceed 0.07% of the total number of students, according to data collected in the university ranking.

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