Research Scholar, School of Education, IGNOU, New Delhi.
Abstract
Exclusion is a potent and enigmatic concept. It is powerful becauseit is the force that prevents some members of society from accessing the community's riches and benefits. This limits their authority and voice, as well as their access to social justice ideas. Using a deficit model to justify exclusion is common. Schoolsare strong social actors that have a significant impact on the inclusion and exclusion of their students. Lunch-time, fixed-term & Permanent exclusions are from/within the school. Social exclusion & marginalization are often interchangeable. Conflict, disability, discrimination, disease, family background, location, poverty, exclusion environmental of school are conditions of exclusion. There are possible negative repercussions at the individual, institutional, and systemic levels.