Evaluation of Educational Issues, Developments and Policies in UK

This report provides an in-depth evaluation of educational policies in the United Kingdom, with a specific focus on addressing issues and developments within the education system. It examines the role of educational policies, particularly those designed to manage complexities and resolve issues, such as the 'Special Educational Needs and Disability' (SEND) policy developed by the UK government. The report analyzes the historical context of discrimination against disabled students, highlighting the government's efforts to create inclusive educational environments. It discusses the 'Children and Families Act 2014' and the SEND Local Offer, emphasizing the importance of identifying students' needs early and involving parents in their children's education. The report concludes by summarizing the effectiveness of these policies in promoting equal opportunities and improving the lives of disabled individuals within the educational framework.

Evaluation of Educational
Issues, Developments and
Policies

INTRODUCTION
Education policy refers to those principles and policies of national authorities which are
developed in context of educational sphere as well as the collection of legislations and rules that
govern the operation of education systems. Education occurs in many objectives by several
institutions. The main motive of these kind of plans and policies is the academic study of
education policy. It search to answer questions about the intention of education, the impersonal
that it is planned to accomplish, the methods for accomplishing them and the tools for measuring
their success or failure. These kind of policies are formed and designed by the management of
the company to device a purposeful and multidirectional changes and resolving issues which are
occurred in education and education procedure. The implementation of these plans and policies
is to extent that the activity is supposed to modify education as per to some policy objectives.
This assignment will discuss about educational policy which are developed by UK government
to make control on the complexities which are occurred in education sphere. Issue of this sphere
will also explained with effective solution in term of policy.
MAIN BODY
Explantation of educational policy and the nature of the particular issues
Education is an essential factor which is crucial for the human to make their mental
development and improving their lifestyle. Educational policies are those national authorities
plans and strategies which are developed by them to make development in educational program,
to form modifications and make control on the complexities which are occurred in educational
program. Education generates in many forms for different purposes. For instant, early childhood
education, kindergarten through to 12th grade, graduate and professional education, adult
education and job training. So, education policy can instantly impacted the education of people at
all ages. Education policy analysis is the scholarly study of education policy. It help in searching
the answer of questions about the motive of education, the objectives that it designed to
accomplish, the systems for accomplishing them and the tools for measuring their growth and
failure. There are several kind of issues which can be occurred and generated in education like
fee related issues studiedness expectations of higher education institutes, challenges of
alternative education, freedom of speech, student welfare, discrimination among disable students.
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These all kind of issues highly affect the education system in negative manner and create crisis in
it.
The major issues which is highly influence the educational system is discrimination with
disable students. This issue discriminate students in term of do not provide equal education to
them, providing application forms in one format that may not be accessible, shouts at a disabled
student for not paying attention and others. To over come this issue the national authority of UK
developed a policy which is known as “Special Educational Needs and Disabled” education
policy for disable and young people. Within this policy, a child or young person has SEND if
they have acquisition difficulty or disablement which calls for special educational precondition
to be devised for them. A child of mandatory academy age or a young person has a learnedness
difficulty of disability if they have a importantly greater cognitive factor in learning than the
absolute majority of others of the same age. If they have a disability which restricts them or
hinders them from devising utilisation of educational facilities of a type basically offered for
others of the similar age in thought academies.
Explantation of the historical context of the chosen issue and related policy and its development
The national authority of UK developed several plans and policies to resolving the issues
and complexities of disable people so that they can also service their life in effective by getting
education and learning,. But due to disability, they discriminate by educational institutes as well
as society. So the government has formed the way in which provision and support is devised for
children and young people with special educational requirements and disabilities. Therefore a
new legislation “The Children and Families Act 2014” came in to force but due to not overcome
disability issues effectively, the government designed a policy SEND. The government modified
it in term of taking long term benefits it so that the child and young people which are considered
within it can take advantages it. It contains sensory impairments such as those influencing sight
or hearing and long term health conditions like Asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and cancer etc.
Within this policy, the SEND Local Offer is a origin that is framed to support children and young
people with special educational necessities or disabilities and their families. It defines the
services and stipulation which are available for both to those families that have an education,
health and care plan and those who don't have a plan but still have the experience of special
education requirement. The respective policy considered inflammation about public services
crosswise education, health and social care.
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This policy has wide scope and purpose because it help in raising aspirations, motivate &
inspire people to reach their full potential & to experiences success. It help in find out talent in
everyone and to offer a challenging environment in which to improvement can be finished. To
encourage high demands by combating self-satisfaction, encouraging plausive mental attitude
and setting challenging targets, to meet the academic, personal & social needs of students in
preparation for adults life and the world of work etc. this policy is crucial.
The main purpose of this government educational policy is to identify the demands of
students with SEND as early and quickly as possible. It most efficiently finished by collecting
information from parents, education, health and care services or feeder prior to the student's entry
into an academy. Another motive is to devise adequate stipulation to overcome all challenges to
learning and assure students with SEND have whole assess and gain and better knowledge of the
students by their parents an involve them in all phase of their child's education. This consist
supporting them in form of know SEND process and activity, offering regular reports on their
child's process and offering information annually.
CONCLUSION
As per the preceding defined information it can be concluded that Education is an
effective aspect to improve the life of people and developing the living standard of the society. It
is essential for able and disable individuals so that they can make their life better. The national
authority for different plans and policies which are used for resolving issues and discrimination
which are form by the people and educational institutes regarding disable students.
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