ASSESSMENT OF MAINSTREAMING HANDICAPPED STUDENTS INTO TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN TECHNICAL SCHOOL, I MALALI, KADUNA

Abstract

Abstract This study was carried out in Technical college Malali, Kaduna after eight (8) Years of mainstream programmed. Two classes of mainstreamed students SS III and SS II which involved fifteen (15) normal and fifteen (15) deaf students in each year group were used, where the normal students served as experimental and the deaf students served as control group. Fourty objective questions were drawn from National and State examination bodies including practical skills, these questions were administered to students as a test and retest items in one (1) hour time. The retest was observed after three (3) days of the first -test. Data were collected from both tests, computed 'and analyzed for individual mean, I average. group and coefficient correlation. The coefficient correlation was 'measured at level tve 1 or -ve 1 for complete agreement and disagreement respectively. The result shown after series of computation implies that there was no definite difference between normal and deaf handicapped students, since · the result interwoven between them. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that: special hearing aids or gadgets, should be provided for the deaf handicapped students to ease the case of attracting attention of normal students; by the sign language, as this eliminate the use of the teachers in the same class, at the same time. Science and Technical teachers should be trained in sign language communication to tech in the mainstreamed class.