Inclusive Education has concretized the idea that the education of children with special needs is more of a right and an entitlement rather than an act of privilege or charity (Scanlon et al., 2022; Singh et al., 2020). Therefore, IE should be supported. One of the greatest factors determining the success of IE is teachers’ attitude. Hence, it is important to determine the attitude towards IE among teacher candidates who shall sooner serve as at the frontline of educational systems and would be at the grassroots level of policy and program implementation. This study employed a descriptive-quantitative-correlational design and surveyed a total of 1561 teacher candidates enrolled in universities from the Southern part of the Philippines. The analysis of the data revealed that the respondents are manifesting ‘somehow negative’ attitude towards IE. Moreover, it was determined that there is gender difference in the attitude towards IE with males being more ‘positive’ as compared to females. Discussions of the findings are provided herein.

Inclusive Education, would-be teachers, Mainstream Education, Attitude