Provision of Special Needs Education for the Blind in Sebeta and Wollayta Schools
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1999-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent and problem o/specia/ needs
education provision for the blind in Sebeta and Wollayta ,I'choo/sfi)!" the blind and
Ihe implication on the process 0/ implementing the educational program in Ihe
schools as well.
To canyout the study, relevant literature review was made on Ihe topic understudy.
Re/ated documents were searched on teachers' level a/education, their professional
Iraining, students' enrollment, school facilities, and .Ipecia/ instructional materials
and services from the two schools, department o/,Ipecia/ education at the Ministry 1)/
Education and the Ethiopian National Association/or the Blind
The subiects a/the study considered in collecting pertinent in/iJrmation were teachers,
sludents and directors a/the two special schoolsfi)r Ihe blind.
In order to achieve the purpose of the study, .fimnal 'Iuestionnaire, interview, and
school observation were carried out. And the data obtained through these instruments
were analyzed using percentages.
Finally, the .findings of the study revealed that the two ,Ipecial schools .fiJI' the blind
have difficulty in several basic factors ajjecting the education o/the children. To
mention some: absence of specially modified curriculum, shortage 0/ professionally
trained teachers, inadequacy in the provision 0/ special instructional materials and
services, absence of mechanism .for classifying the two groups 0/ visually
handicapped children (the blind and the partially sighted) etc.
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Special Needs Education