INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, RIGHT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (STUDIES IN METRO CITY LAMPUNG)

Abstract

As other children, children with special needs have the same right to go to school in the public schools, it has been regulated in legislation No. 20 of 2003 on Indonesian National Education System. A public school that consisting student of normal children and children with disabilities called inclusive schools (DITPLB, 2012). At inclusive school, a student with special need has a wide range of disability should be able to mingle with other normal children.On December 22, 2012, Metro City made the declaration as the City of Inclusive Education. Declaration does in front of the official residence of the Mayor of Metro City in the form of signatories inscription by the governor of Lampung (metrokota.go.id). Metro City is appointed to running inclusive education as assessed in accordance with the vision to realize the Metro City as the City of Education. On December 4, 2013, Metro City signing the MOU with UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) to establish Metro City as the City of Inclusion.This study tried to get a data description on the implementation of inclusive education in Metro City. It is interesting to study after the metro city was declared as inclusive education, whether inclusive education in metro cities was organized better.