Report of work
Name of investigator- Shailaja Dongar Bhangale
Name of MRP-
Educational problems of mentally Retarded Children
in Jalgaon District
UGC Ref No- 23-282/98 (WRO) dated 21/01/1999
In this research work investigator throw some light educational
problems of the mentally retarded children in jalgaon district. Jalgaon
district is one of the highly literate district in ths state of Maharashtra.
Investigator studied the educational facilities available in study region and
thrie problems related with MR children. Indentify the problems of parents
of MR children, educatiojnal problems facing by the special school teachers,
commom school teachers, headmasters with reference to classroom teaching
and school environment. Educational problems faced by MR children who
are going to integrated schools are analysed in this project.
In this research project investigator used survey method to study the
educational problems of MR children. All MR children upto 3 to 18 years
age are population of the project. Purpossive sampling technique was used.
The data was callected with the use of Questionnaire and interview.
Limited special school facilities are provided for MR children, there
are only three special school having recognition of each 40 students. These
schools are not residential schools so MR children don’t gain school
facilities of special schools. In the study region some MR children learning
in integrated schools. But these integrated schools aren’t provided any
facilities which MR students have needed. Unsatisfactory performance of
MR children in common school due to lack of special educational facvilities.
Headmaster and teachers of special schools are facing day to day work
problems related to attendence of students, parent’s negletion, and
government officer’s beurocracy. There are no awareness of education for
MR children in society, common schools and parents of MR children.
The research work is done by the original plan work and cover the
achicveing the objectives. The collection of data is very difficult to take
appointment of parents, time adjustment, and school cooperation, identify
MR children are main problems. Educational facilities for MR children and
some suggestive measures are detail written in five chapres of the project.
Dare- 15/11/2001
Shailaja Dongar Bhangale
Principal Investigator