A Study on Schools Responsiveness to Quality Education of Children with Hearing Impairment

Abstract

Study on Schools Responsiveness to Quality Education of Children with Hearing Impairment was carried out to study the government, private aided, and private un-aided schools responsiveness to quality education of children with hearing impairment. newlineThe study was limited to inclusive schools upto class 12th where at least one child with hearing impairment was enrolled in Delhi and NCR. For current study 12 principals equally from all types of schools (government/aided/private un-aided), 61 teachers and 12 parents whose children with hearing impairment were enrolled in these school were taken as sample. For collecting data from sample the researcher developed these tools i.e. Checklist for School, Checklist for Parents of Child with Hearing Impairment and Rating Scale for principal and teacher as no suitable tools were available in the country to measure as per need of the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, Chi-Square and Z-test were used to analyze quantitative data. After detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis significant difference was found in schools (government, aided and unaided) responsiveness to quality education of children with hearing impairment. Also, unaided schools were found far more responsive to quality education of children with hearing impairment (90.71%) than government schools (60.71%) and aided schools (49.29%). Also that there was significant difference in parent s perception for schools (government, aided and unaided) responsiveness to quality education of children with hearing impairment. Till date there exists no such suggestive model of minimum standard on school s responsiveness to quality education of children with hearing impairment. So the researcher reviewed the literature at national and international level and found out some key areas as vital factors responsible for school s responsiveness to quality education of children with hearing impairment. newline newline