A STUDY OF THE PARENTAL AWERENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN JAMMU DISTRICT

Abstract

Inclusive education is an approach that looks into how to transform education system and other learning environments on order to respond to the diversity of learners. The focus of the present study was to investigate the awareness and attitude of the parents towards inclusive education in Jammu District. The sample consisted of 100 parents of Jammu District and the investigator used the descriptive survey method. For determining the level of awareness investigator developed a close ended questionnaire consisting of 20 items. In order to determine the level of attitude of the parent a 5-point scale through likert method has been developed and used. To study the level of awareness and attitude, frequency is applied and to study the difference in the level of awareness and attitude of parents towards inclusive education in relation to educational qualification and residential background, t-test was calculated. The results of the study reveal that there is no significant difference between the level of awareness towards inclusive education between the parents belonging to rural and urban areas in Jammu District. And there is no significant difference between the level of attitude towards inclusive education between the parents belonging to rural and urban areas in Jammu District. In nutshell, the overall awareness and attitude of the parents towards inclusive education is relatively low and negative. There is no statistically significant difference in the awareness and attitude towards inclusive education in relation to educational qualification and residential background.