Best Practice: How to uphold Equal Opportunities in schools



Ensure all teachers/students have equal access to opportunities and participation.

Ensure policies and procedures do not discriminate against anyone.

Ensure all HR practices are merit-based, transparent in execution, unaffected by personal biases or favouritism, fair, and based on objective criteria.

Apply the above principle in recruitment, deployment, promotion, selection for professional development, study leave, all forms of benefits, and managerial and leadership appointments, and all other areas of HR.

Organise sensitisation workshops and meetings for teachers on EO.

Promote the publication of articles and cases on EO in the media.

Organise conferences and seminars on the subject.

Perform drama and jingles on the EO theme.

Ensure strict adherence to and oversight of the Code of Conduct.

Apply inclusive and participatory teaching methods in schools to involve all.

Organise all-inclusive sport activities in schools that consider teachers and pupils with disabilities.

Engage teachers and pupils with disabilities in school activities and responsibilities.

Ensure facilities are available in all schools for teachers and students with disabilities, such as ramps, special toilets, etc.

Ensure learning materials do not discriminate against anyone and are adapted where necessary, e.g. large print or audio tape format.