Educational Milieu at Universities: Implementation of Inclusive Methods in High School Studies

BACKGROUND The issue of implementing inclusive education is widely discussed in the academic community, as inclusive education meets the requirements of ensuring the right to education for all citizens. However, despite numerous theoretical proposals for developing an inclusive educational environment, creating a fair, inclusive space in practice has proven complicated. Research on inclusive education has covered chiefly primary and secondary schools, while inclusive education in higher education has received little attention. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to identify the problems of inclusive education in higher education from the perspective of the student community and to create recommendations for their solution. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study used analytical and bibliographic, graphical, induction, deduction, analysis, synthesis, structuring, survey, statistical analysis and logical comparison methods. RESULTS The results of the study revealed insufficient satisfaction of the needs of persons with disabilities in higher education institutions, a lack of understanding of the needs of persons with physiological characteristics by the student community, dissatisfaction with the learning environment among all students, the existence of a hostile communication atmosphere among students due to a sense of injustice and the spread of stigma among students with disabilities. CONCLUSION Based on the principles of individualisation, differentiation and accessibility, practical recommendations were developed to improve the conditions for all students, avoiding stigmatisation of people with disabilities and improving communication and the learning environment.