Benefits of inclusive education * Learners with special needs who have been included in mainstream classes achieve significant gains in writing, language comprehension and receptive language. * Most of these results occur when the focus in the classroom moves away from labeling to meaningful instruction and teaching strategies. * Moreover, mainstream teachers who have accepted learners with special needs in their classes report their teaching had improved, which benefit all learners. * Learners with special needs who have been included in mainstream classes achieve significant gains in writing, language comprehension and receptive language. * Most of these results occur when the focus in the classroom moves away from labeling to meaningful instruction and teaching strategies. * Moreover, mainstream teachers who have accepted learners with special needs in their classes report their teaching had improved, which benefit all learners. * The opportunity to socialize and share with diverse learners, help all learners to accept one another. * Teachers report that including learners with special educational needs in the mainstream classroom teachers other learners, although not all, to be more accepting, tolerant, understanding and considerate of others needs. * Teachers also report that the majority of learners become more positive and responsive to the needs of a learner with special needs, and when they for example , comes across others with disabilities, they are more accommodating. * It is also reported that learners in general become more comfortable with individual differences, and focus on similarities in their peers when they are educated together. * Where innovative teaching strategies (e.g. cooperative learning and peer –tutoring) are used, the learner of all learners as well as their self-esteem improve. * The