Exploring Acadamic Barroers To Students With Disabilities At Addis Abeba University Main Campus

The study aims to explore barrier to education for students with disabilities at Addis Ababarnuniversity main campus. A quantitative research employing a census or complete enumerationrnmethod was used to explore the major barrier students with disabilities face during theirrneducation at AAU. To this effect, a quantitative data was collected using structuredrnquestionnaires from 289 students with disabilities studying at the main campus of AAU. Thernfinding of the study found a number of major barriers to education for students with disabilities.rnIt was found that, SwD face barrier to education because of; negative attitude 78.9%, lack ofrneducational material 66.1%, physical inaccessibility 46.4%, financial limitation 69.9%,rnuncooperative faculty member’s 49.1% inaccessible library and classroom building 81.8%.rnStudent also experienced disability-related barriers in teaching and learning process thesernincludes examination 64%, getting information 53.3% assignment 77.9%. Accordingly, policyrnresponses, advocacy and awareness raising, financial support, course and lecture modification,rnprovision of adequate assistive technology and educational material, mainstreaming disabilityrnissues in all departments and faculties, equipping disability center with adequate material arernrecommended

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