The Impact Of Inclusive Education On Learners With Hearing Impairment In Regular Schools Of Rombo Division In Loitokitok District, Kenya.

ABSTRACT

This study examined the challenges of inclusion of children with

hearing impairment in regular schools in Rombo Division Loitokitok

District in Kenya.

The objectives of the study were to investigate the problems faced by

children with hearing impairment in accessing education, determine

the relevance of the education currently offered to children with

hearing impairment and to come up with solutions that can avert the

problem.

Qualitative and quantitative designs were employed where convenient

sampling was used to select the students in the school used for the

study. The main instruments used in the data collection were the

questionnaires. The data collected was analyzed manually where the

research used descriptive and quantitative analysis, which included

percentages and frequencies.

The findings of the study included among others, the fact that,

textbooks and other writing materials for the disabled were missing in

the schools, disabled people are discriminated against by the ablebodied.

This research recommended among other things, a policy that in the

education of learners with disabilities a law is needed to provide and

enforce services for this population without laws and national

mandates, and ways for ensuring that schools abide by these laws,

many learners with disabilities are likely to be locked out of the

educational arena. Development of a transition-based service provision model is vital especially for those with severe mental retardation.