Abstract
The current study was designed to investigate the capacity building initiatives for hearing–impaired children education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The objectives of the study were to identify the perceptions of teachers and hearing–impaired students, regarding their capacity building initiatives taken by different hearing–impaired schools, the problems they faced in their education, presented suggestions and recommendation for the improvement of their education. The descriptive research design was adopted to conduct the study. A close ended questionnaire with five point Likert scale was used for data collection from 52 hearing–impaired students’ (36 male and 16 female) and 12 teachers (6 male and female each), and was analyzed using SPSS. The results reveal that various services and facilities are provided free in hearing–impaired schools, but are not up to the mark, outdated curriculum, missing assistive aids, no teachers training trend, lack of teachers and supporting staff in all schools. In the light of the results, it was recommended that modification in the curriculum is the need of the day, launch teachers training modules after equal intervals of time, fill up all vacant posts of the teachers and supporting staff in the schools, initiate an awareness campaign on to create awareness in people about hearing impaired children education.
Rukhshanda Mushtaq,, Amjad Reba. (2017) Capacity Building Initiatives for Hearing– Impaired Children’s Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, The Dialogue, Volume 12, Issue 1.
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