Inclusive Education: What Does Austria’s School System Offer?

From May to September 2017, the Austrian Court of Audit (ACA) carried out an audit of the Federal Ministry of Education, the Provincial School Board of Carinthia, the Provincial School Board of Tyrol, the Office of the Provincial Government of Carinthia and the Office of the Provincial Government of Tyrol with a focus on the tuition provided for pupils with disabilities. The audited period essentially spanned the school years 2011/12 to 2016/16 or the calendar years 2012 to 2016. In individual cases, the ACA also took into account data from outside the audited period.

The audit aimed, among others, at assessing the measures undertaken by the Federal Ministry of Education with regard to implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Austrian National Action Plan on Disability 2012-2020, as well as the Work Programme of the Austrian Federal Government 2013-2018 with regard to establishing an inclusive system of education.