PROBLEMS MILITATING AGAINST EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN OHAFIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE

The purpose of the study was to determine the problems militating against effective implementation of inclusive education in primary schools. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The area of the study was Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. One research question guided the study. The population consisted of all 866 teachers and 40 head teachers in the 40 public primary schools spread across the autonomous communities giving a total population of 906. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample 120 teachers and 20 head teachers giving a total of 140 respondents from 20 public primary schools. Data were collected using a 30-item questionnaire developed by the researchers and titled: “Problems Militating Against Inclusive Education (PMAIE) Questionnaire” The instrument was face validated by two experts in Childhood Education and one from Measurement and Evaluation in Faculty of Education, Abia State University, Uturu. The reliability of 0.76 was obtained for the instrument. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze research question. Findings revealed that factors militating against effective implementation of inclusive education in primary schools among others include; inadequate funding, inadequate training for personnel, inadequate number of personnel. It was recommended among others that government should fund and support in-service training on inclusive education, make available enabling environment, monitor strictly the implementation of polices on inclusive education in primary schools.

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