Dr. Ravi Kant

A Study of Educational Aspiration of Special Needs Students in Relation to some Factors

Introduction: Special needs students are also a part of our society. According to an estimation of Rehabilitation council of India (1995) approximately 16,651 visually impaired children are enrolled in different school programs. Due to their physical problem they remain leg behind form the mainstream. By arranging some special circumstances they could also be a part of mainstream. Objective: The primary objective of this study was to explore the level of educational aspiration of visually challenged students and role of special school in their development of educational aspiration. Method: The present study was conducted to evaluate the Level of Aspiration of Visually Challenged School Children of Orissa. The data were collected from a sample of 200 visually impaired children consisting 100 with partial vision and 100 blind by using simple random technique. The descriptive survey method was used for data collection using The Educational Aspiration Scale (EAS) (Hindi) prepared by Sharma & Gupta (1987) and personal information blank. Results: This study found that educational aspiration was low of entire sample. Male students were more aspirated in comparison to female students. Students who were studying in special school were superior to their counterpart studying in regular school. Conclusions: It can be concluded on the basis of result that educational aspiration was low in those students who were studying in regular school but was higher in special school case. So it is clear that special schools are playing a vital and positive role in enhancement of educational aspiration of visually challenged children.