Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education in Manipur

Abstract

Teacher’s attitudes can have a significant impact on student’s educational growth. Understanding of the attitudes towards children with special needs could contribute to maintain a good relationship between teachers and students, which is crucial for effective inclusive practices. The present study on Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education in Manipur was study at Imphal West and Senapati District. The objective of the present paper is to examine the attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive education. The sample consists of 166 teachers who were randomly selected from the Government and Government aided schools located in both the Districts. A 5point Likert scale containing set of 13 questions were used to examine teacher’s attitudes. It was found that most of the respondents were neutral in their attitude towards inclusive education.28.3 percent of the teachers do not support the idea of inclusive education and very few teachers (4.8%) agree with the inclusion of children with special needs in regular classroom. Thus, the number of teachers who had negative attitude towards inclusive education outnumbered those who are positive indicating the needs of proper intervention and develop resources for teacher to have positive attitudes towards inclusive education.