Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Special Students: A Case of Peshawar District
23 Pages Posted: 30 Mar 2016
Date Written: December 28, 2014
Abstract
This study of the academic performance of special children found that majority (58.34%) of them has bad academic results. For the basic reasons determining academic performance, special-children depression (DC), teachers' contribution (TC), parents' contribution (PC), school facilitation contribution (SFC) and contribution of poverty (CP) were tried as explanatory variables. Results indicated that almost all explanatory variables were found statistically significant at α <0.01. As far as the signs of explanatory variables were concerned, variables TC, PC, and SFC had positive signs, suggesting that these variables were contributing positively towards academic performance (API) while the signs of variables (DC) and (CP) were negative, suggesting that these variables were adversely contributing.
Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that special counselors be made available in each of the institutions of special students who are specially assigned the duty of lowering special students anxiety and depression.It was also recommended that special care be given to appoint administrative and teaching staff who give particular care to teaching and also provide due respect to the special students.Parents of the handicapped students should be aware to educate their children without discrimination of male and female and normal/abnormal. A good learning environment at school should be provided to special students, and teachers should be aware to teach according to the needs of special students' psychology.
Keywords: Special student, academic performance, depression contribution, parents’ contribution, teachingcontribution, school facilitation contribution, family poverty contribution
JEL Classification: C13, C31, I21
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