Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the educational practices, opportunities and challenges
of deaf learners in Amhara National Regional State Integrated Primary Schools. Both
qualitative and quantitative research approaches and descriptive research design have been
used to accomplish this purpose. The samples of this study were deaf learners, teachers of deaf
learners, and principals from ten (10) Integrated Primary Schools in the research area. From
343 deaf learners in Grades 5–8, only 170 (50%) of them were selected through simple
random sampling technique. Of the 110 teachers of deaf learners, 55 (50%) of them were
selected using probability sampling method of simple random sampling technique and from the
10 Integrated Primary Schools, 10 principals were selected using the non-probability sampling
technique of the purposeful sampling method. The data was gathered by means of observation,
interview and questionnaire.