A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Inclusive education can prove to be a powerful instrument in increasing the literacy rate in India by providing
equal opportunities for education for all. Since inclusive education is recommended, no child is denied education
based on race, origin, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, intellectual ability, disability, etc. Being successful in
inclusion is based on the teachers' awareness of the special needs of children with disabilities. This paper focuses
on an inclusive education awareness programme, implemented by secondary school teachers. Methodology preexperimental
design single group pre-test, post-test design was adopted. Convenience sampling was adopted for
the selection of the sample 17 secondary school teachers have joined this programme 10 have responded. The
questionnaire was prepared based on five modules by the researcher and validated by experts. Implementation
of inclusive education of awareness programme using online mode for 10 hours, including recorded video
lectures, recorded experts’ lectures, and reference materials. Data were analyzed through descriptive and
inferential statistics mean, standard deviation, t-test, and Regression. Findings revealed that this awareness
programme enhanced the awareness of secondary school teachers toward Inclusive Education