Quliyeva P.
Baku State University, Department of Social and pedagogical psychology,
Phd student;
Baku, Zahid Khalilov street, 1148.

Abstract
According to UNICEF, the number of Azerbaijani children with disabilities enrolled in primary or secondary level education programmes is quite low. Government data indicates that only 14,638 such children are enrolled either in home-based learning programmes (almost 9,355) or in special or residential schools (about 2,725) . For context, of the 72,000 children in Azerbaijan with registered disabilities, UNICEF estimates that approximately 54,000 are of primary and secondary school age. This means that a mere 20% of school-aged children with registered disabilities are actually receiving the education although none of them has an access to inclusive education as required by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). To enable all children – including those with disabilities – to access schooling within their own communities and be provided with the appropriate learning opportunities to achieve their full potential, the Government of Azerbaijan adopted the “State Programme on Development of Inclusive Education in Azerbaijan Republic for 2018-2024,” which aims to put into practice the principles of both the UNCRPD and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Keywords: inclusive education, disabled children, state program of inclusive education.