The Importance of Equality and Diversity in Learning Programs

This essay explores the crucial concepts of equality and diversity within educational settings. It begins by defining these terms and highlighting their significance, especially in institutions with diverse student populations. The essay then delves into the benefits of promoting equality and diversity, emphasizing the importance of clear regulations, effective training, and inclusive teaching methods. It evaluates relevant legislations, codes of practice, and employment regulations, such as the Equality Act and the Children Act, and discusses actions to promote equality and value individuals. Communication strategies, including emails, parent-teacher meetings, and seminars, are presented as vital tools for fostering understanding. The essay also addresses the impact of personal behavior on an organization's culture, the promotion of diversity with other agencies, and actions to determine and modify systems that may negatively affect equality. Finally, it reflects on the author's strengths in promoting equality and diversity and evaluates the impact of their practices, identifying areas for further development. The essay provides a comprehensive overview of how to create an inclusive and equitable learning environment.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Meaning of equality and diversity.........................................................................................1
1.2 Benefits of equality and diversity.........................................................................................1
1.3 Evaluating Legislations,code of practices and employment regulations..............................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Promotion from equality and diversity.................................................................................2
2.2 Actions to value individuals..................................................................................................3
2.3 Good practices in order to provide information....................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
3.1 Communication strategies to promote equality and diversity...............................................3
3.2 Impact of own behaviour on organisation's culture in relation to equality...........................4
3.3 Promotion of the diversity with other agencies.....................................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................4
4.1 Actions to determine diversity and equality..........................................................................4
4.2 Modification to the system and structure which negatively effect equality and diversity....5
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................5
5.1 Own strengths in promoting equality and diversity..............................................................5
5.2 Evaluation of the impact of own practice in promoting equality & diversity.......................5
5.3 Identification of the areas for further personal development................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Equality and diversity are the two words which has great significance in our society.
People are divided into different category so it is quite necessary that there should be equality in
them. These terms become more important in institutes like schools because this is the place
where a lot of students come to study and they are from different backgrounds. They might have
different religion, colour, sex and etc. So management of such places should make sure that no
students should face discrimination on any grounds (Baillie and Matiti, 2013). There should be
no baisness and favouritism. This essay will be reflecting various aspects of equality and
diversity.
1.1 Meaning of equality and diversity
Equality and diversity are the important features which are related with Learning
Programmes. Equality ensure that all the people will be treated fairly which helps in establishing
healthy working environment.
Equality: It implies that all the people in the business organisation should be treated
equally and there should be no discriminations at National Health care. They should not be
differentiated on the basis of there skills and abilities(Richardson and Monro, 2012)
Diversity: It implies that accepting the differences among the individuals and treating the
beliefs, values, cultures and lifestyles of different people equally.
In health care organisations It is essential to ensure equality so that there are can easily
avail all the services which are needed by them thus helps in building positive work
environment.
1.2 Benefits of equality and diversity
There are various advantages of establishing equality and diversity at work place are
described as:
 The rules and regulations should be clear to all the employees who are working in
Learning Programmes(Ocloo and Matthews, 2016).
 The negative attitude of workers should be channelled so that they can adopt measures in
order to improve them.
 Effective training and workshops should be organised for the workers so that they can
easily know how to execute the working in effective ways.
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 Planning the lessons which are helpful in establishing equality so that there is healthy
work environment.
 Policies should be designed which are not based on discriminations to ensure equality.
 Various assessment and teaching methods should be adopted in order to ensure
equality(Adamson, Warfa and Bhui, 2011).
1.3 Evaluating Legislations,code of practices and employment regulations
Legislation implies that all the rules and regulations which are implemented by the
business organisations should be followed in order to carry out business operations.
Equality Act: It implies that all the people should be treated equally at the work place in order to
remove discrimination. Different ways are enacted by which employers had to treat there
employees.
Children act implies that no children who has not attained 18 years of age should not be
employed to work at business organisation. If any firms violates it than they had to face the
consequences of the situation (Kreng, and Yang, 2011).
The code of practices implies that in depth information should be provided by the
employers to all there workers the measures which are to be adopted in order to operate the work
under health and safety laws. This is also helpful in making the process easier about the
employees as they had ideas about the execution of works.
TASK 2
2.1 Promotion from equality and diversity
Equality and diversity can protect the persons from facing any risk because they know
that they are not cheated at the selected organisation. Thus they have safety that the services
which are offered to them are not free from any risk. They does not see themselves in the danger
zone because they had the feeling that they are not being cheated. It helps in minimising the risk
factors so that there is positive work environment which helps in satisfying the customers who
are taking the services.
If there is inequality than it will result in failure of services and people will not like to use
there services in the future times. Thus there should be equality and diversity at the work places
in order to avoid the risk factors.
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2.2 Actions to value individuals
The actions which are taken by the individuals to value the interest includes those laws
which are enacted by government officials in order to promote the legislations and minimise the
risk factors by all people and organisation. These factors are established in changing the
behaviour of all the employees who are involved in business operations so that they can provide
effective services to the clients of Learning Programmes(Costa-Font and Greer, 2012). Equality
cannot be adopted in short terms but efforts can be taken in order to value diversity and changes
the attitudes and behaviour of peoples.
2.3 Good practices in order to provide information
The practices which are adopted in order to provide effective informations includes that
the policies that are linked with equality and diversity like oral and written communication which
are helpful in providing one to one information to individuals so that they can be clear about
their roles. There should be timely meeting, group decisions which are helpful in making the
employees familiar with the work environment(Kuhlmann and Annandale, 2012). There should
be policies which states that there should be equality in order to carry out business operations so
that persons can work happily in healthy environment. Good practices are very important
because they ensures that all the relevant informations are provided to them which helps them to
treat all the workers in equal respect.
TASK 3
3.1 Communication strategies to promote equality and diversity.
Communication is the process through which different ideas and views of the people can
be shared with each other. In school various parties have to communicate with each for the
effective functioning of the school. Principal, working staff, students and parents are the three
parties which needs to have coordination with each other. Following are the communication
strategies which can be adopted:-
Email: This is the way through which can be used as platform for the interaction of
principal with the parents and teacher. Every small information can be conveyed through it.
Parents teacher meeting: This way teachers can meet the parents of the students and let
them know about their wards performance in the school. Parents can also inform teachers about
the problems their child is facing in the school.
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Seminars: With this school authority and teachers can interact with the students and
know what are their views and what all things they can do.
3.2 Impact of own behaviour on organisation's culture in relation to equality.
As an equality and diversity coordinator it is my duty to set my behaviour by keeping
organisation culture in mind. Our school has always promoted equality and diversity and
believed in shaping students mind without any discrimination. Every act of discrimination and
harassment is taken on the serious note. I will talk to every student in polite manner so that they
can feel free in sharing their problems or innovative ideas with me. I will try to check my
attitudes and behaviour against the organisational policies(Badger, and et. al., 2012). I will
implement only those practice which is beneficial and promotes equality and diversity. School
has become the reputed institute in the area so I need to make sure that I also increase my level.
3.3 Promotion of the diversity with other agencies.
With this concept there are lots of benefits as it brings inclusiveness of the society in
large. Services like workshops delivered by different agencies can help in promoting diversity as
those who are taking part will develop skills and overcome the difficulties. There can be
educational fairs which will help scholar to know about different career paths. Guest speakers
from various professional backgrounds can be called upon to deliver non biased issues in the
education industry. Different counsellors can be invited who will be counselling the students and
teachers and they can help them in dealing with the stress and the education related issues.
TASK 4
4.1 Actions to determine diversity and equality
Actions which are used in order to determine diversity and equality includes that there
should not be any consequences of discrimination among the staff members and when services
are offered to the customers. If any persons notice this kind of practices than they should report it
to the authorities who are available at Learning Programmes so that they can take appropriate
actions in order to solve them and ensures that they are not repeated again in order to achieve
good and best results(Jackson and Irwin, 2011). There should be timely training and
development activities organised so that employees know how they had to treat there employees
so that they help Learning Programmes to gain potential employees who can do the work in
effective ways in order to increase their sales and profit ratios. Various disciplinary programmes
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should be established at business places which helps in making the workers about the importance
of equality and diversity policies at National Health Institutes.
4.2 Modification to the system and structure which negatively effect equality and diversity.
There are lots of modification which can be proposed to the existing system that do not
promote equality and diversity. This can be initiated with a policy acting as guideline which are
given by the governing regime. Such policies should be used or stick up and those issues which
faces some concern can be recorded in a register or any other document. It is made sure that
whatever policy is made should be updated on regular time period or annually. We have
appointed some external individuals who will inspect the quality and they will give a report for
the recommendations which needs to be updated in the policies(Thakur and et. al., 2014). We are
liable to give all the necessary data and information to our stakeholders related to equality and
diversity. This information will be added in the induction programs so that both learner as well
as teacher can know about it. There are lots of loopholes in the telephone technology so more
investments will be done on the newer technology devices.
TASK 5
5.1 Own strengths in promoting equality and diversity.
Through self reflection I can always reflect on myself to promote equality and diversity.
This way I can know my plans and resources. While teaching I record all my lectures and after
that I watch them and analyse about the lack of qualities I have. To know my strengths and
weakness I take feedback from my subordinates. With this the top authority members appraisal
in every year will give me a crystal clear picture about my strengths. After all this I can execute
all the recommendation given to me and this include changing in the behaviour and attitudes. I
will encourage those communication skills which promote equality and diversity.
5.2 Evaluation of the impact of own practice in promoting equality & diversity.
To promote equality and diversity there are many activities which I can implement. This
can be started by following the policy given by the school and made them in sequence. Any
issues which I think can create problem or can damages the equality and diversity will be
reported to the higher rank officials(Celik, and et. al., 2012). Through reading the policies I will
do certain modification. I will request stallholders to update any information regarding equality
and diversity policy. Through student feedback I can evaluate myself.
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5.3 Identification of the areas for further personal development.
In this I can give my recommendations on the areas which will needs improvement.
Internal performance system can be developed to know training and development needs. With
the learning walks management can know the deficiency in the students and teachers. When they
identify all the development needs they can take actions like organizing seminars whether
internally or externally and can address the needs related to equality and diversity. To promote
equality and diversity various cultural festival scan be organised at the school.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that it is essential for every health care
institutes to promote equality and diversity at there work places. This is helpful in satisfying the
workers as they fell secured that they are not cheated in getting the services which are offered to
them. Different plans and policies should be adopted which are helpful in making strategies for
promoting equality at Learning Programmes.
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