Challenges of educational services provision for mentally retarded children in Mulanda Sub - County in Tororo District
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2009-10
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Kampala International University, College of Education Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
This study was set out to find out whether there is need for provision of Educational services for the mentally retarded children in Mulanda Subcounty, West - Budama in Tororo District.
The hypothesis formulated for the study were that:- 1. Most parents in Mulanda Sub- County are not aware of the need for education of children mental retardation. 2. Some parents who are aware of the value of education do not see the point of catering for children with mental retardation. 3. Teachers of the mainstream classes do not pay attention to the needs of children with mental retardation. 4. The community at large sees no need to waste time and money on provision of special education for children with mental retardation. Questionnaires were used in each of the five primary schools and education office and a structured oral interview questionnaire was used in the villages to find out the opinions of:-
[i]. the District Education officer
[ii]. the mainstream school headmasters.
[iii]. the mainstream class teacher and
[iv]. the parents/ guardians of children with mental retardation, about the need for provision of educational services for the mentally retarded children in Mulanda sub-county. The data collected was processed and analyzed by using qualitative method on each of the four [4] items. The result obtained showed a significant difference and similarities in some of the opinions of the respondents about the need for provision of educational services for mentally retarded children in Mulanda sub- County. The findings of the study revealed that: - 1. Most parents are not aware of the need for education of children with mental retardation. 11. Some parents, who are aware of the value of the education, do not see the point of catering for children with mental retardation. . Teachers of mainstream classes do not pay attention to the needs of children with mental retardation. 1v.The community at large sees no need to waste time and money on provision of special education for children with mental retardation.
These findings led to the rejection of some of the hypothesis formulated which states that: 1. the community at large sees no need to waste time and money on provision of special education for children with mental retardation. 11. Some parents, who are aware of value of education, do not see the point of catering for children with mental retardation. In this study, the following suggestions were made to the effect that: - 1. There is need to equip teachers m normal schools with the knowledge of special education. This can be done through seminars and workshops at sub-county levels, county level or district levels. 2. There is need to set up more special schools/units throughout the district to cater for the education of children with mental retardation. 3. Awareness seminars and workshops should be organized for both parents and teacher. 4. Mainstream teachers should attend short courses to acquire knowledge of handling children with mental retardation in their classes 5. Special education subjected should introduced in Grade III teacher training College in order for teachers to qualify and come out with the knowledge about special education. 6. Some money should be allocated by the government to cater for education of children with mental retardation.
7. The government should take up the full responsibility for the education of children with mental retardation. The researcher therefore, recommended further research to be done in this area of discipline.
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A research report submitted to the faculty of Education in partial fulfillment for the Award of Diploma in Secondary Education Kampala International University
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Education, Mentally retarded children