CERTIFICATION The undersigned certifies that she has read and hereby recommends for acceptance by the Open University of Tanzania a dissertation titled “An analysis of Academic Performance of Students with Hearing Impairment in Tanzania Secondary Schools” in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Distance Education of the Open University of Tanzania. ………………….………………. Prof. Mwajabu K. Possi (Supervisor) …………………..……………
DEO District Education officer EAEP East Africa Educational Publishers HI Hearing Impairment HS Head of Schools KSL Kenyan Sign Language LEA Local Education Authority LTD Limited MA Masters of Art MOEC Ministry of Education and Culture MoEVT Ministry of Education and Vocation Training NAD National Association of the Deaf NECTA National Examination Council of Tanzania NEO National Educational Officer PEDP Primary Education Development Plan SEDP Secondary Education Development Plan PGDE Post Graduate Diploma in Education ST Specialist Teachers SwHI Students with Hearing Impairment SwNHI Students with non Hearing Impairment TEMP Teacher Education Master Plan TSL Tanzania Sign Language UK United Kingdom UN United Nation UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Suggestion Number of respondent to suggestions = 90 55. SwHI 27.ST. 3.HS. 3.DEO 2.NEO Percentage (%) Increasing number of specialist teachers 50 27 3 2 2 84 93.3 Improve school infrastructure 45 26 3 2 2 78 86.7 Motivation to teachers 45 26 3 1 1 76 84.4 Increase amount of fund for teaching and learning materials as well as Hearing Aids 52 25 3 2 2 84 93.3 Establish common language for SwHI 54 26 3 3 2 88 97.8 language for the SwHI to be taught in all of education as a subject 49 20 2 2 1 74 82.2 SwHI to enroll in regular school 20 21 1 1 1 44 48.9 Source: Data (2013) Increasing the Number of Special Education Teachers, this suggestions was mentioned by a total of eight four (93.3%) respondents. Fifty (90.9%) of all students who responded suggested that their school should be provided with enough teachers, as one of them said, When our teachers help us in the classroom, they take a long time to one students, it will be better if the number of teachers is increased in accordance with the number of SwHI in the classroom (10/9/2013). Twenty (100%) specialist teachers who responded lamented on the number of
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and non HI 2 Materials inventories Teacher allocation and qualification files Procured specialized materials for students with hearing impairment Number of teachers for the students with HI posted, reported and available 3 Lesson plans from subject teachers of students with HI Teaching activities planned Teaching strategies suggested Teaching and learning activities planned teaching and
learning materials suggested 4 Schemes of work from teachers of students with HI Aspects of teaching strategies and suggested teaching materials and teaching and learning aids List of Ideal Facilities for the Students with Hearing Impairment School---------------- S/N Special devices Status How the Facilities are being Used Not used Out dated Actual Facilities needed Present Properly used Not properly used 2 Audiometer 3 Sign Language dictionary 4 Ear kit 5 Speech Trainer 6 3 pins cords 7 2 pins cords 8 Hearing Aids