The Practice of School Rules and Regulations Hi Light of Inclusive Education in Southern Tigray Five Secondary Schools
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The pwpose of this study is to investigate the practice of school rules and regulations in
relation to inclusive education in southern Tigray secondary schools. The study mainly focuses
on how the schools' respondents understand and respond to inclusive school rules and
regulations to maximize their fullest potentials. To put this in to effect, qualitative approach is
employed. Five principals, twenty PTA and thirty-five leaders of students ' council / were
involved in this study. Semi- structured interview and analysis of relevant documents were used
as data gathering tools. Following data analyses, the study obtained the following finding. The
study found that most school rules and regulations are appropriate to include all students
regardless of their disabilities. The right to negotiate for unfair treatment, the right to
participate in most school concerned clubs and committees, the right to be tutors and tutees,
and the right to strength and get value for their creative activities are appropriate to all
students. Similarly, when there are needs of respect to their teachers, classmates, the school
environments, to study deligently, to be honest, to keep good discipline, responsible, polite and
neat in appearance and enthusistiactic in giving service, all the students felt delightful.
Concerning students' duties and healthy service, the dos and don'ts are stated clearly in an
inclusive concept. Whenever students misbehaved, the disciplinary measures given concerning
these issues are relied on re- correcting the vulgarity behaviors. Beside this, the healthy
services given in all the schools are so appropriate to all students. On the other hand, most
school rules and regulations are direct copy and paste of the gridlines of the Minisnistry of
Education. For this reason, some school rules are not inclusive to include all students, since
they are not formulated ji-om present situation of the school environment. Similarly, the
consequences of some disciplinwy measures given to some tolerable misbehaved behaviors are
fired forever from the school compound but these are the direct opposite of inclusive
educations.
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Rules and Regulations Hi Light of Inclusive Education