Assessment of the education of deaf students in the integrated primary schools of Amhara national regional state : practices, opportunities and challenges

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.