EVALUATION OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL-NEEDS SCHOOL IN ILORIN METROPOLIS BASED ON INTERNATIONAL APPROVED STANDARDS

ADEROJU, M. A., OLUMORIN, C. O., ABDULRAHMAN, M. R., & OMOJUWA O.

Abstract

Special-needs students require diverse and individually specific resources for learning and rehabilitation process in a special needs school. This study evaluates the resources available in special needs school in Ilorin metropolis based on International approved standards. The study identified the list of globally accepted resources, both human and non-human resources in special needs schools; investigated the available resources in special needs school in Ilorin amidst the globally accepted list; investigated the status of the available resources; and determined teachers actual use of available non-human resources in special needs school to teach special students in Ilorin metropolis. The study adopted descriptive research of survey type with questionnaire and checklist utilised as research instruments to elicit responses from 42 special needs teachers. The study revealed that most of the internationally approved human and non-human resources are available, but not in good quantity compared to the internationally accepted standard. Likewise, most of the available non-human resources are not functional, and as such teachers in special needs schools are not utilizing the available resources as expected. The study concluded that special needs teachers do not utilise instructional resources as they do for their classes due to the insufficient number of the resources available. It was recommended that adequate provisions should be made for instructional resources by the special needs school owners which in most times are the state governments and special-teachers should be trained on maintenance and use of the existing resources.