Educational opportunities and challenges of students with hearing impairment in Limat Behibret primary School, Assela
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to identify the Educational Opportunities and Challenges
of Students with Hearing Impairment in LimatBehibret Primary School. In this
qualitative, interviews with 32 participants involved. This includes 10 students with
hearing impairment, 5 parents of students with hearing impairment, 8 hearing students,
5 teachers, 2 special needs professionals and 2 school principal. Focus group
discussions were held with 8 students with hearing impairment and 8 hearing students.
Observation and document analysis also employed. Results of the analysis indicates
students with hearing impairments are advantageous for being integrated economical
their basic needs are fulfilled by the Charity organization named Christian Horizon and
USAID School-Community Partnership Serving Orphans and Vulnerable Children
USAID/SCOPSO. With regarding to education previously there was no any school for
students with hearing impairment to attend. But now there are integrated so as to get
education support considering their needs socially they are benefiting a lot because they
learn together with hearing students. These students also facing challenges after they
integrated into regular classes. These challenges occurred, due to lack of knowledge of
Ethiopian sign language of the regular class teachers and their peers, lack of motivation
of teachers to learn the Ethiopian Sign Language, lack of resources and unavailability of
resource room, and other factors tackling the growth of inclusive education the school
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Limat Behibret primary School, Assela