Community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with disabilities: a case study of Hargeisa, Somaliland
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2015-11
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Kampala International University, Colleges of Humanities and Social sciences
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The study sought to establish the relationship between community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with- disabilities: a case study of Hargeisa, Somaliland. The study objectives were; to find out the level of community attitude towards access to education opportunities by children with disabilities in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to determine the trend of access to education opportunities 9-year-old children with disabilities in Hargeisa, Somaliland and to establish the relationship between community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with disabilities. In problem statement, it was noted that despite several encouragement and teachings from many NGOs and international organizations and communities which aim at protecting -the rights of children with disabilities, A cross sectional survey was used In the course or the study. Both qualitative and quantitative data was gathered in order to establish the relationship between the independent and dependent variables, so as to examine the relationship between community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with disabilities. The target population of 240 was selected and it comprised of (37) teachers, (63) students and (50) community leaders. Out of 240 respondents, iSO were sampled in the study. Simple random approach was used during the study. Purposive sampling was also used to select only respondents for the researcher to attain the purpose of the study. Data was collected from primary and secondary sources using questionnaires and Interviews, after collecting data, the researcher organized well-answered questionnaire, data was edited and sorted for the next stage. The data was presented in tabular form with frequencies and percentages. The researcher used Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the relationship between the variables under study, In summary, the study also found out that the level of community attitude towards access to education opportunities by children with disabilities in Hargeisa was poor with an average mean of 2.3i equivalent to poor on the Likert Seale, In regard to the trend of access to education opportunities by children with disabilities in local government under community, it also revealed that the level Was poor with a mean average of 2.46 an equivalent of poor on the Likert scale. In conclusion, it was also revealed that community attitudes vary according to the type of disability. Attitude research shows many people are uncomfortable with mental illness, but less so with physical disability. Changing attitudes towards particular groups of people with disability requires additional information for people to understand the specific experiences associated with these disabilities (ACT DAC 2007; Wallace 2004). The study recommended that there is need for organizational-level polities attempt to change attitudes in particular life domains. The policies address the attitudes of people who have relationships with children with disability within lite domains that affect their social and economic rights, whether those relationship include authority or competition, or whether they simply involve personal contact.
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A thesis submitted to the college of higher degrees and research Kampala international university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the masters of social work of Kampala International University
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Education, Children, Disabilities, Hargeisa, Somaliland