PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN NIGERIA A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR-BENIN

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research work is to investigate the problems of educating the physically handicapped students in Nigeria (A case study of College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin). This work is divided into five chapters. According to the project its first chapter deals with the introduction, definition of terms are given. It also deals with the problem of study and significance. Chapter two is concerned with the review of related literature. Chapter three contains method and administration of questionnaires which was collected and it was observed that the physically handicap students can perform effectively like other normal students. Chapter four involves presentation of data and discussion. Chapter five looks into findings, it was found out that being physically handicapped does not affect student’s performances in learning. It was also found that no special problem prevent the physically handicaps from learning. Consequently, appropriate recommendations were made to ameliorate this trend in the schools.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The handicapped children are gifted children who have ability to be educated irrespective of their disabilities, like the deaf, the blind, the dumb, lame etc. therefore, the handicapped children in Nigeria posses the talents and all the aggregate of learning just like their counter parts at school. Education which is a life provided for every individual, the physically handicapped inclusive. The team can be viewed in many ways mainly psychological and maladjustment. A handicapped child is a child that lacks something that made him/her incapable of living like other children, it could be the hands, legs, eyes, ear etc in every day life, the term handicap is oen used to signify a physical defect, limb, paralysis, partial or total blindness etc. all these features renders the child incapable of living in quite same ways as the normally endowed. The term handicapped, when used in a wider sense, include intellectual disabilities and disadvantages which are cause learning hardship. In the light of the above discussion, the study will look into the various learning hardship likely to be faced by the handicapped child in school. Previous researchers have revealed that behaviours are judged in terms of the society existing standards, therefore the ability of the handicapped can be under estimated by their teacher because already they are termed that they cannot perform as well as the naturally endowed pupils/students. This study will examine the various problems facing the education of the handicaps ones.