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Title: | Provision of Equal Education for Students with Disabilities at Tertiary Institutions in Zimbabwe: Prospects and Barriers |
Author: | Runhare, T. |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080) |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | January |
Pages: | 151-167 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | people with disabilities special education higher education Education and Oral Traditions Health and Nutrition education Disabled students Postsecondary education access to education |
Abstract: | This study investigates the extent to which students with disabilities are coping with the inclusive educational setting at one university in Zimbabwe. In particular, it traces these students' perceptions of their mainstream peers and lecturers, as well as determines the extent to which the university accommodates them in its various degree programmes. Data were gathered through a study of the institution's student admissions records over a period of eight years (1995-2002) and from 50 students with various forms of disability, using a focused questionnaire. The findings reveal that students with disabilities comprise less than 1 percent of the total university student enrolment; and that most of them are marginalized into undergraduate degree programmes, mainly in the Faculties of Arts, Education and Social Studies. They are generally positive towards their mainstream peers and the inclusive education system practised at the university but are dissatisfied with the quality of services provided to them by lecturers. In view of these findings, recommendations on improving sensitivity towards issues of disability within the university's various organs and personnel are made. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |