Socio-cultural Factors Influencing Attitude of Female Learners With Physical Disabilities Towards Education in Kisumu
Author : Janet Auma Odhiambo Kenya
Abstract: The study explored Socio-Cultural factors influencing the attitude of female learners with Physical disabilities towards their own education. The study adopted a descriptive exploratory design. The sample size of the study was 100 respondents which included 68 female learners with physical disabilities, 10 teachers in a school for the physically impaired, 20 parents of girls with physical disabilities, and 2 opinion leaders. Purposive and snowball sampling procedures were employed to get the respondents for the study. Instruments for data collection included interviews, document analysis, and Focus Group Discussions. The study findings revealed that female learners with physical disabilities had a negative attitude towards their own education, the education of females with physical disabilities is more expensive as compared to that of their able-bodied peers which makes the majority of their parents reluctant to take them to school.