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The objective of inclusive education is to improve the efficiency of the education system to reach all learners. What one deems to be inclusive education more precisely depends on what groups of learners can remain aside from education. In developed democratic countries most of all it is dealt with including learners with special educational needs (SEN) in ordinary schools at one's place of residence. Also the homepage of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research (2016) formulates the essence of inclusive education as follows: "In the organisation of the studies of students with SEN, the principle of inclusive education is taken as a basis, according to which students with SEN study in the ordinary school at their place of residence as a rule." According to official statistics 13% of learners in Estonian kindergartens and 17% in schools of general education have special educational needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]