Open AccessA COMPARATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE ASSESSMENT FACILITIES AT GOVERNMENT SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS
Author(s) -
Abid Masood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-922X
pISSN - 2663-9211
DOI - 10.37605/pjhssr.2.1.1
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , special education , sample (material) , medical education , population , psychology , pedagogy , medicine , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , chromatography
The present study attempts to evaluate the availability of assessment facilities at government special education schools and to make a comparison of these available facilities among assessment professionals. Professionals (Speech Therapist, Psychologist, and Audiometerist) working at government special education schools of Faisalabad and Multan are the population of the study. The sample of the study is N=81 professionals (n= 39 Speech Therapists, n=36 Psychologists, and n=06 Audiometrists) selected through Simple random sampling technique. Assessment system evaluation questionnaire (ASEQ) is developed as a tool of study and reliability of the questionnaire is 0.886. It is found out after statistical analysis that the psychologist and speech therapist working at government special education institutes are in a greater amount as compare to audiometrists who are very few and it is found out that there is the significant difference among professionals related to the availability of assessment facilities for special students in government special education institutions. It is also analyzed that problems faced by the professionals regarding the assessment of special students at government special education schools have no significant difference. It is concluded that there should be arrangements for the availability of assessment material related to all assessment professionals in the schools so that they can do the best assessment that can be