Employment Profile of Special Needs Education Graduates in Bahirdar Town
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tsega, Sewalem (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Necho, Amelework | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-06T08:22:55Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T08:58:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-06T08:22:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T08:58:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the employment profile of special needs education graduates in Bahirdar Town, Amhara Region. The study employed a mixed methods approach. The population of the study ware 30 special needs education graduates; In view of that, the researcher took all the available population as a sample of the study for questionnaires; from those graduates 5 special needs education graduates were selected for interview by purposive sampling technique; 6 organization managers and 4 special needs supervisors for interview selected by purposive sampling technique. The findings revealed that most of special needs education graduates are placed in schools (36.7%), university (13.3%), NGOs (13.3%), education offices (16.7%) and other sectors (20%). Nevertheless, the majority are not interested in their job placement because their work is not related with their field of study. The roles of special needs education graduates are Braille teacher (6.7%), sign language interpreter (13.3%), special needs education instructor (13.3%), itinerant teacher (10.0%), child labor (3.3%), teacher for children with intellectual disability (16.7%) and the remaining (33.3%) have other unrelated roles. Hence this study shows that the majority of special needs education graduates are not assigned in the appropriate place. Although there are various kinds of organizations in Bahirdar town with different predisposition which are involved in helping out people with special needs, they do not employ special needs education graduates. Special needs education graduates also face difficulties related to job searching, job placements and lack of job opportunities. These problems can be solved by creating awareness on the employers about the field, avoiding placement of other graduates in a place where special need graduates deserved and developing a complete job description of the field. To assign special needs education graduates in the right position, the ministry of education should set clear job descriptions and address it for employers like educational sectors, NGOs, special need centers, inclusive schools and non educational sectors | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11018 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Employment Profile of Special Needs Education | en_US |
| dc.title | Employment Profile of Special Needs Education Graduates in Bahirdar Town | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |