تلخیص
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are not up to the mark, outdated curriculum, missing assistive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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