4.1.5 Evaluation and monitoring

The policy framework should monitor and evaluate outcomes and the cost-effectiveness of the provision of accessible ICTs. The monitoring of outcomes should incorporate: Outcomes for the individual user – what improved level of access to education has been recorded.;Most popular and successfully used types of AT; Experiences of teachers in incorporating the use of AT into the curriculum; and Level of AT abandonment, if any, and reasons for that abandonment. The overall cost-benefit analysis of provding accessible ICTs to the inclusive educational agenda within a country should also refer to: Benefits and possibilities of accessible ICTs in enabling persons with disabilities to receive an education and to work in a variety of jobs and professions; Social justice and wide social inclusion goals, empowerment of persons with disabilities through education and job training; Reduction in poverty; Benefits to the economy; Ratification of conventions (UN CRPD and UNICEF); Meeting international policy goals (MDGs and WSIS); and Any relevant regional ICT initiatives. See more on the wider costs of exclusion.
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