Foundation Phase teachers’ knowledge on common visual problems affecting

Abstract

Globally, the major causes of visual impairment are visual problems, which include uncorrected refractive errors, cataract and glaucoma (World Health Organization 2019). An estimated 19 million children under the age of 15 are visually impaired. Of these, 12 million are visually impaired because of refractive errors, a condition that could be easily diagnosed and corrected. Only 1.4 million children have irreversible visual impairment and need visual rehabilitation interventions for psychological and personal development (Du Toit, Courtright & Lewallen 2017; Solebo, Teoh & Rahi 2017).