Factors Affecting Integration Of Learners With Intellectual Challenges In Primary Schools; A Case Of T.Hegenge Zone - Nyeri South District

ABSTRACT

This research study was on "Factors Affecting Integration of Learners with intellectual

challenges in Primary schools; A case ofThegenge zone Nyeri South District".

The objectives were:

To find out if teachers in Thegenge Zone were aware of forms of integration for learners

with intellectual challenges;

To identify the major factors that hinder effective integration of learners with intellectual

challenges in Thegenge Zone;

To examine the teachers attitude towards the education of children with intellectual

challenges;

And to find out whether teachers were for or against the establishment of special units for

intellectual challenged children in the zone.

The research questions to guide in the study were:

How do teachers integrate learners with intellectual challenges in Thegenge Zone?

What are the major factors that hinder effective integration of learners with intellectual

challenges in Thegenge Zone?

What is the teachers' attitude towards the education of children with intellectual

challenges in Thegenge Zone?

Are teachers in Thegenge Zone for or against the establishment of special units for

learners with intellectual challenges in the Zone?

The study area was mainly on learners with intellectual challenges in Thegenge Zone.

This is one of the many education zones in Nyeri South District.

Data collection tools included a series fifteen questions in form of a questionnaire, which

was based on the objectives, and research questions that were set out to guide in the study.