ABSTRACT The impact of free primary education has been manifold and complex. The quality and magnitude of the programme has affected not only the normal physically fit pupil, but also the physically challenged learners in inclusive schools as well as the wider community and society. The study adopted a Quantitative research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the problems and impact of free primary education on the quality of special education for the ph...
ABSTRACT Through observation and conservations the researcher established that the intellectually challenged learners were not accorded their due human respect and rights by the teachers. Teachers regarded them as abnormal, violent and slow in learning and therefore unworthy to be accommodated in their midst. This prompted the researcher to conduct a study to fmd out why it was happening. He prepared questionnaires for both teachers and pupils. The respondents were able to answer the questi...
ABSTRACT The lthe government tries to provide to all Kenyan citizens includinJ those with special need education for all (A.F.A.) in the year 2015. The policy created ~''opportunity to the mentally disable children who were perceived incapable academically to go to school, so the researcher's interest was to investigate theacademic performance of these mentally challenged learners, in some selected regular primary school in Kegonga Division, Kuria District.During the research, she formulat...
ABSTRACT The research was conducted in Chavakali North Zone, Vihiga District, Kenya, and is used both qualitative and quantitative collection methods. The research was conducted in line with the research questions of the study that guided the researcher effectively. The first research question was "What is the depth of teachers' knowledge on handicapped pupils?" The findings revealed that many teachers had deeper understanding of children with low vision. The second research question was "Wh...
The research was carried out in Emgwen division, Nandi central district Kenya with an aim of determining the factors affecting the academic performance of learners with mental deficit in regular schools. All relevant Primary sources were visited in the process of gathering Primary information. A descriptive design was employed and in this case, questionnaires and interview guides were used in the process of data collection. The study findings revealed the following: that the majority of teach...
ABSTRACT A qualitative study to investigate the school influence on learners with hearing impairments was carried amongst primary school teachers Shinyalu division, Kakamega East district in Kenya. The following objectives guided the study; to identify the number of learners with hearing impairments who are currently in regular schools. To establish the teachers attitude towards learners with hearing Impairments, to establish whether the teachers teaching learners with hearing impairments i...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to find out challenges encountered in teaching learners with hearing impairment. The researcher was interested in finding out the views of different people towards the education of children with hearing im[airment in the area, therefore qualitative approach was employed to collect data. The researcher chose Head teachers, teachers, parents and children with hearing impairment as sample population because through them relevant and appropriate information wo...
The central problem of the study was born out of the fact that despite epilepsy being a disease like others and that an epileptic child may have normal intelligence, many teachers and society know little or nothing about it and therefore have negative attitude towards these children Factors leading to negative perception and discrimination of epileptic children have not been fully investigated and understood. The purpose of this study was therefore out the teachers' understanding of epile...
The study was carried out in Chepterwai zone of Kipkaren division Nandi North district-Kenya. The main purpose of the study was to find out challenges of inclusion of visual impaired learners in regular schools. The sample population was composed of respondents who included selected teachers and learners in the school. The research instruments that were used to collect data were questionnaires and interviews. The findings of the study generally showed that there are some negative att...
Deaf education in Kenya falls under the ministry of education, special education division. This section of the ministry deals with the administration of education of persons with special educational needs, deaf education being one ofthem. History of deaf education in Kenya dates back to the founding of Kenya Society for Deaf Children (KSDC) in 1958 and the subsequent establishment of the first two schools for the deaf, Nyangoma and Mumias primary schools for the deaf in western Kenya in...
The study sought to investigate the challenges facing inclusion of learners with mental impairments in regular public primary schools m Amukura zone, Teso District Kenya. The major variables identified were effects of curriculum content, the learning resources, teacher's attitude and effects of peer attitude on the inclusion of learners with mental impairments in public primary schools The researcher used quantitative approach to collect and analyze the data. She used the survey researc...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the challenges Faced by lvfentally Retarded in an Inclusive Setting in lvfukuru Slums Viwanda Zone lvfakadara division, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; to investigate the challenges faced by children with mental retardation in an inclusive setting, to determine the causes of mental retardation and to identify the advantages (Jf inclusive learning for children with mental retardation. The methods used for data collection wer...
ABSTRACT This study was intended to examine the challenges of inclusion of children of children with physical Disabilities (handicapped in regular primary schools in Awendo division, Rongo district, Kenya. The study adopted a Quantitative research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the problems and impact of free primary education on the quality of special education for the physically disabled learners in Awendo division, Rongo District Kenya. The method...
Abstract One of the biggest problems that people with disabilities have to bear is to live with able group special education have brought a lot of development although problems have cropped in positive altitude to these groups should be evitable. This is the only recipe that can salvage learners with intellectual impairments from the scorn ofthose who do not see them like other human beings Therefore this special study paper will enlighten the people on who a learners with intellectual impair...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the role of attitudes of teachers towards the education of physical handicap children in Elangata -Wuas Zone, Kenya. The spec~fic objectives of the study were to investigate the teachers’ knowledge on physical handicap in Elangata Wuas zone. Establish the acceptance of the physically handicap by regular school teachers in Elangata Wuas zone, and to investigate the effects of teachers’ attitudes on the physically handicap learners in Ela...