Educational Chances of Children with Disabilities in the Republic of Namibia

Przemysław Eugeniusz Kaniok

doi:10.21852/sem.2022.4.11

Published: 2022-12-31

Vol. 43 No. 4 (2022)

Educational Chances of Children with Disabilities in the Republic of Namibia

Przemysław Eugeniusz Kaniok

Seminare. Learned Investigations

Section: Socio-pedagogical sciences

https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2022.4.11

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to present the current situation of children with disabilities in the Republic of Namibia, with special regard to their educational chances and influence of cultural beliefs on their lives. Namibia has a law, which entitles education for all its citizens. Despite numerous legislative acts which should have increased the educational chances of Namibian children with disabilities, their real situation is completely different and depends on various factors, including the infrastructure of the schools, teacher competencies, their attitudes towards students, the small number of special and integrated schools as well as an insufficient amount of money transferred for the education of the children. The paper discusses all of the above factors and provides practical implications, which would improve the situation of children with disabilities in Namibia.

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children, disability, educational chances, cultural beliefs

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Kaniok, P. E. (2022). Educational Chances of Children with Disabilities in the Republic of Namibia. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 43(4), 161–169. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2022.4.11

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Przemysław Eugeniusz Kaniok

kaniokp@uni.opole.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0792-4260

Affiliation:

Opole University, Poland