PUBLIC POLICIES AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF PERU

Abstract

Inclusive education represents the rights of every citizen, and the State has to subsidize unrestricted, quality education to promote the achievement of whole life for all people, mainly serving those with special learning needs. This work aimed to analyze public inclusive education policies for rural communities in Peru. The study presents a qualitative approach supported by a systematic review of the literature available in the Scopus, Scielo, and WoS databases; 30 articles were analyzed for publication period between 2018 and 2023. The results show that inclusive education continues to be a challenge for the Peruvian State, with all types of discrimination being evident as the main factor. The universal content of inclusive education has yet to be well understood; Teachers need to be sufficiently trained to assume the experience of teaching a student with special needs, and inclusive and intercultural education in the Andean areas is poorly attended to by the States. Finally, it is concluded that the Andean family still needs to be fully involved in the inclusion policy.