Challenges Faced By The Headteachers In Special Education Schools Of Students With Hearing Impairment

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the challenges faced by the headteachers in special education schools of students with hearing impairment. It was a descriptive research conducted to explore the monetary, management and disciplinary challenges. Survey design was utilized in the research for the purpose of data collection from the study respondents in terms of a questionnaire. The population of this research project was Public Special Education Schools of Faisalabad District. Investigator selected the sample by using convenient sampling technique. Researcher selected forty public and private special education schools/centers of district Faisalabad, working for the students with hearing impairment. Researcher selected a sample of 40 headmasters/deputy headmasters from the public and private special education schools for the data collection. Questionnaire in the form of five point Likert scale containing 42 statements was used for this research as a research instrument. Researcher visited the public and private special education schools of the students with hearing impairment of division Faisalabad including its districts i.e. Toba Tek Singh, Chiniot and Jhang. After the collection of questionnaires the researcher made a list of schools and students providing data. The record data was analyzed through frequency, mean and standard deviation. The study results revealed that monetary challenges faced by the headteachers of the schools of students with hearing impairment included poor budgetary allocations, unnecessary delay in bills processing, and untrained staff in managing the budget of the schools. The management challenges faced by the headteachers included the shortage of teachers, lack of modern audiometers, and untrained professionals. The disciplinary challenges faced by the headteachers included the uncontrolled behavior of the students with hearing impairment, skipping from the classes by the students, non-serious attitude of the staff in controlling of the students in classes.  

Keywords: Challenges, Headteachers, Special Education.