‘Digital media platforms are inherently unethical’. Discuss this statement with reference to the design, management or politics of at least one platform (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).
how they can eradicate discrimination, support equality of opportunity and to develop good relations as regards to disability. As per Department for Education and Skills (2004), the figures of students with social, behavioural and emotional difficulties has soared by 23% between 2005 and 2010 and in 2010, about 158,000 students were classified as having learning difficulties. According to the D of E SEN SFRs (1995) to (2010) and Department for Education and Skills (2004), students with SEN without statements increased from 10 % of all students in 1995 to 18.2% or 1.5 million students in the year 2010 in U.K. As per Lamb Inquiry (2009), SEN can occasionally be ‘uncooperatively pooled’ with falling behind and this may have resulted in the ever increasing figures of students at Action Plus and School Action.
A major effect of the EA for schools is that where students are included in the protected characteristics, action must be taken to address any SEN issues and support these students in accessing and achieving their potential.
According to The Sec Ed (2013) the EA will have an important effect with regards to SEN as it covers all aspects of school life to do with how a school treats pupils and prospective pupils, parents and carers, employees and members of the community Schools have to make sure all policies, procedures and the ethos of the school must be fair, and comply with the EA by being non-discriminatory and ensure that no protected characteristic is not put at a disadvantage. These means that any school must not discriminate harass or victimise a pupil or potential pupil.
Schools now have to use the EA in relation to:-
