Spotlighting the trends in the inclusive education research in Nigeria | Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science. 2025. № 83. DOI: 10.17223/1998863X/83/17

Spotlighting the trends in the inclusive education research in Nigeria

This article presents a systematic review of the scholarship in the area of inclusive education in Nigeria, highlighting current trends, challenges, and prospects. The analysis reveals a paucity of scholarly research pertaining to inclusive education within Nigeria as reflected in international academic journals. A specific gap that has been delineated is the predominant focus of existing studies on disability, with scant attention afforded to gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, among other pertinent characteristics of exclusion. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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inclusive education, children, Nigeria, research, systematic review

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Lawal Mary O.	National Research University Higher School of Economics	mlaval@hse.ru
Iarskaia-Smirnova Elena R.	National Research University Higher School of Economics	eiarskaia@hse.ru

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