Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Inclusive education in relation to their Locality and Gender

Dr. K. Laxmi Prasad; Dr. Ravikanth Rao

Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2017

Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Inclusive education in relation to their Locality and Gender

Dr. K. Laxmi Prasad, Dr. Ravikanth Rao

Abstract :

The concept of inclusive education has been promoted internationally for more than a decade; multiple barriers remain to the full participation of children with disabilities in education. Lack of information, combined with discriminatory attitudes towards persons with disabilities at all levels of society, contributes to the continued neglect of their right to education. It is conservatively estimated that less than 10 percent of children with disabilities in developing countries in the Asia–Pacific region are in schools internationally, and this calls for the relook at the concept of` inclusive education. It appears that the area of inclusive education is neglected by the researchers and it requires attention and it would be of great loss to the students, who have disabilities if this area is not exploited fully.Hence the present investigation is undertaken with an objective of knowing the influence of locality and gender on the attitude of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education. A five point Attitide scale developed by Raghava, R (2014) was used for the present study. A sample of 120 secondary school teachers representing all categories of secondary schools in Chittoor District by following the standardized procedures �t� test was employed for the analysis of the data. Locality and gender influenced the attitude of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education. Female and urban secondary school teachers have more favourable attitude towards inclusive education than their counterparts.