Inclusion in Southern African Education Understanding, Challenges and Enablement

Dipane Hlalele  is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and has extensive experience in teaching inclusive education at higher education institutions. In addition to supervising postgraduate research students and postdoctoral fellows in the field of inclusive education, he also examines a number of masters and doctoral candidates from other universities. A number of his students are lecturers in the field of inclusive education at their respective institutions as well as specialists in their own countries. He was a national team member in the development of inclusive teaching standards for beginner teachers and a consultant on infusion of inclusion in Mauritian teacher education.

Tsediso Michael Makoelle  is one of the recipients of the prestigious Nelson Mandela scholarship to the United Kingdom (UK). He holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Inclusive Education from the University of Manchester, UK and a Doctor of Education (D Ed) in Education Management and Leadership from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He has been working at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan  for nearly eight years in the capacities of associate professor, full professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, General Director for Research and lately the Vice Dean for Research at the Graduate School of Education.