Educational Equity: The Call of Global Education

S an indivisible sub-system of society, education is relatively independent and deeply restricted by the social environment. The issue of education equity is regarded as an extension and expansion of social equity in education. It is a vital link that cannot be ignored in education and an essential cornerstone of social justice. In 1994, UNESCO held the “World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality” (World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality) in Salamanca, Spain. At the conference, the educational concept of Inclusive Education was put forward emphasizing that education should be an educational process without exclusion, discrimination, and classification. With the deepening of relevant research, the connotation of inclusive education is constantly enriched and deepened, and the focus of attention has also expanded from more specific persons with disability to those marginalized by political, economic, and cultural factors, and even ignored and excluded by traditional education group (International Bureau of Education, UNESCO, 2009).