ABSTRACT The journey on the path of technical education started as far back as in the 1930’s when the commission on Higher Education proposed that the premises of Yaba Higher College should be converted to a technical institute. In line with this arrangement a student was expected to spend two years in general studied department and three... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Education in its sense is to have a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. Thus, educational system of every country is designed to make learners acquire knowledge, skills, attitude, and values that enhance the total development of the individual, society... Continue Reading
Abstract Since 1940s when the main course of education was started in Kenya with the rehabilitation of victims of the Second World War, there have been a lot of changes in education policies. The initial concern was to provide health and social rehabilitation for those with physical disabilities. These facilities later changed their concern and... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to find out factors affecting the education of children with low vision in the Chuka division of Meru South district. The researcher was interested in finding out the views of different people towards the education of children with low vision in the area, therefore qualitative approach was employed to collect... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The study was found at finding out the effects of mental retardation on academic performance of learners in Kaundu primary school Kakuyu zone Kyuso district. This was done through setting objectives and research questions which were to be presented to teachers and learners for data collection. This data was to be analyzed and presented to... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The research was conducted in Bungoma South district in Kenya and is used both qualitative and quantitative collection methods. The research was conducted in line with the research questions of the study that guided the researcher effectively. The first research question was 'What is the depth of teachers' knowledge on handicapped... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT 111e researcher saw that mentally challenged learners in Mutira Zone are not learning well since some regular teachers have negative attitudes towards them. So sue lo this, the reseacher wants to investigate problems facing inclusion of mentally challenged learners in an inclusive setting. The researcher designed questionnaires and... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of hearing impairment on academic performance of children with hearing impairment attending primary school in Matungu division Kenya. Scores in academic performance for 10 hearing impaired children and 1 O normal children attending primary school in the division were obtained from the... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study's purpose was on the factors affecting education of children with learning difficulties in Pallisa Town Council primary schools Pallisa District. The research questions formulated for the study in chapter one had the objectives of establishing the involvement of the selected sampled respondents. To get this information,... Continue Reading
Looking at the plight of learners with physical disability in inclusive setting in Emuhaya division primary schools, the study seeks to unveil the current appalling situation in view of the policy and practice of inclusive education of learners through improved practice approaches, like early intervention, finances, provision of facilities... Continue Reading
This study was carried out in Tulimani Di vis ion Makueni District. It covered poverty and dropout rates in primary s~hools . Th e ' major objective of this study was to examine the poverty a n d its imp l ications 11n th e school dropout and educational sector, the existing government interventions and also so ught the effective policy... Continue Reading
In the year 2003. free primary education was introduced in Kenya. This enhanced the Jomtein Conference. 1990 in Thailand and Dakar Conference in the year 2000 which advocated for free education for all. (EF A). In this regard, every child irrespective of nature. religion race, color or creed has a right to education. In reference to the... Continue Reading
The study set to find out how learners with Learning Disabilities are motivated to learn by their teachers. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the causes of learning problems among learner. The methods used for data collection was questionnaire to the staff members of the schools. The findings were presented and interpreted in... Continue Reading
The study focused on the class management and academic performance of intellectually challenged learners in likuyani south zone, lugari district, Kenya. This 'as undertaken by the researcher after discovering that their academic achievement is far much below average raising eye brows among parents, teachers and pupils. The researcher... Continue Reading
This research study intended to establish the factors affecting the teaching of children with mental retardation in inclusive setting in Green Hills Academy Primary School in Gasabo District in Kigali city of Rwanda. It was to investigate and identify the possible barriers that affect the teaching of children with mental retardation in... Continue Reading
Provision of special needs education is a great milestone in addressing the challenges found in learners with special needs. This research has been initiated to investigate how attitudes of regular primary school teachers have helped in inclusion of learners with hearing impairment in a regular primary school. The investigation was centered... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The researcher was drawn into conducting this study by the report that revealed that the physically challenged learners of Ototo Zone in Homa Bay District—Kenya were performing very poorly in their national exams. The report had also touched on the under utilization of educational resources by teachers of the physically challenged... Continue Reading
The study was to investigate the causes of poor academic performance among the hearing impaired learners in regular primary schools. The researcher used questionnaires used to collect information from the respondents, the respondents were 25 teachers and 50 learners from the five sampled schools. The researcher found that in comparison with... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Considering the fact that English is one of the cores subjects in the primary school curriculum, one would have expected learners to perform in it but the reverse, dismal performance in the subject seems to be the case. Indeed, there is declining performance in English which largely contributes to overall poor performance in other... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This research was conducted to detennine the factors affecting teacher's implementation of educational intervention in regular primary schools in Mirui zone East Karachuonyo Division Rachunyo district of the republic of Kenya. There are 17 primary schools of which 9 were randomly sampled to be target schools for the study. In the 9... Continue Reading
The central problem of this study was that despite the introduction of free primary education by the government in 2003, the enrolment of mentally retarded children in public primary schools of Rhamu Division, REIAMU division of RHAMU Kenya was low. This low enrolment made the researcher to conduct the study tn find out the factors that... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore the possible factors which contribute to poor academic performance among learners with specific learning difficulties in Mathematics, writing, reading and spelling. The researcher used structured questionnaire to collect data to determine the problem. He then used random sampling of schools and... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The study attempted to carry out a critical analysis on the challenges that affect the education achievements of learners with special needs while trying to get themselves acclimati zed with the regular school programmes where they are mixed with their counterparts who do not have any disability at all. The study took Mikinduri zone,... Continue Reading
Abstract The research assessed the strength and challenges encountered in implementing free primary education in Kasarani division. Few strength were noted like high enrolment, reduction of street children among others. However there were some challenges like lack of enough teachers, inadequate learning facilities like desks and infrastructural... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The study dealt with teacher effectiveness in managing children with behaviour problems in primary schools. Following the implementation of free primary education, we expect all learners to be in school but to the contrary there is very high rate of school drop out, truancy of learners and school unrest. Therefore, these learners are... Continue Reading