Demographic Characteristics of Students with Visual impairment enrolled at Primary Level in Government Special Education Institutions of Punjab

Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 30, No 1 (2020)

Demographic Characteristics of Students with Visual impairment enrolled at Primary Level in Government Special Education Institutions of Punjab

Muhammad Jahanzaib, Ghulam Fatima

Abstract

Learner is the key element of the whole teaching-learning process. All the efforts made by any educational body rotate round the academic betterment of learner in some particular direction. So learning process and learner; both affect each other especially in the case of learners with special needs. This study is an effort to depict the diversities or similarities among demographic characteristics of students with visual impairment enrolled at primary level in Government Special Education Institutions of the Punjab. It is a descriptive quantitative research by nature. Survey method was applied to collect data from 214 randomly selected students with visual impairment (124 males and 90 females) enrolled at primary level in Government Special Education Institutions from randomly selected four districts includingSahiwal, Okara, Lahore and Gujranwala. A self developedand validated demographic information sheet consisting of 24 items about various characteristics of students with visual impairment was applied for data collection. Instrument was validated by a panel of three experts. At the phase of pilot testing; instrument was applied on 27 students with visual impairment. Chronbach alpha was applied to calculate the reliability index of instrument which was 0.86. Data was analyzed by using SPSS and descriptive statistics including percentages and frequencies were used. The study reflected that most of the students with visual impairment enrolled at primary school level were from urban areas and belonged to lower middle class. Most of them used school transport. They had no extra coaching at home. Most of them were male and most of their siblings were without any disability. Similarly the condition of their personal hygiene was below average. The study recommended that the individualized family service plans should be organized for counseling and facilitation of the care takers and families of VI students. The route of school buses may be expanded so that a number of children who live in rural areas and peripheries could be accommodated.

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