Effects Of Parents’ Alcohol Consumption On Education Of Learners With Intellectual Challenges In Magumoni Division, Meru South District, Kenya.

ABSTRACT

Although the Kenyan government is putting a lot of effort in ensuring that every child hasa right to education, many children are still not exposed to education. Most parentscontinue holding to the old notion that children with intellectual challenges are non—

performers. Many parents are completely carried away by alcohol brewing and

consumption thus having no time to educate and take care of their children. The mostneglected are children with intellectual challenges. It is with this in mind that theresearcher sets out to investigate on the effects of parents’, alcohol consumption oneducation of learners with intellectual challenges. The researcher used survey as theresearch design. Questionnaires were used as tools or instruments. The researcher

• targeted tea~ers from twenty primary schools in the division, two units for intellectuallychallenged and one special school for the intellectually challenged learners. Theresearcher issued out seventy questionnaires to the respondents. Out of these, fiftyquestionnaires were answered and returned by the respondents. The raw data collectedwas analyzed and well tabulated. The collected data showed that there were more boy~than girls with intellectual challenges. These children never got the required support fromtheir parents since most of them were alcoholics. Most parents remained ignorant on theneeds of these learners due to lack ofenlightment.

The district officers, the chiefs and the sub chiefs in the division are putting a lot of

efforts in curbing alcohol brewing and consumption.

The research fmdings have enabled the researcher to make several recommendations tovarious disciplines. The researcher concluded by stating that learners with intellectualchallenges can be transformed to useftul members in the society if they are given a chance to education.