Managing minimum standards for realising the right to education of children with disabilities in primary schools in the Kingdom of Eswatini
Year: 2021
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this study, I aimed to answer the question: Which minimum standards management framework could assist the managements of the selected primary schools in managing their schools towards compliance with the minimum standards of the SAVE Framework for the realisation of the right to education of learners with disabilities? I conducted the study within the interpretivist paradigm, employed the qualitative approach and designed it as a multiple-case study. Using purposeful sampling, I selected one school from each of the four regions of the Kingdom of Eswatini. Both regular schools and an inclusive model school were invited to participate. I sampled the principals and two class teachers from each school. I further observed the infrastructure of the selected primary schools and conducted semi-structured interviews with the above-mentioned participants as well as the inspector for special and inclusive education, the director of the National Curriculum Centre, and a parent of an out-of-school child with disabilities. I used the minimum standards of suitability, availability and equitability adapted from the 4A Scheme as theoretical framework to analyse how the selected primary schools in the Kingdom of Eswatini comply with the minimum standards of the SAVE Framework for the realisation of the right to education of learners with disabilities. The data was analysed and presented using themes under each minimum standard of the framework. The results portrayed that not all the schools comply fully with the minimum standards and the level of compliance of the inclusive school model was higher than those of the regular schools. To improve compliance, as a way of answering the research question, I developed a minimum standards management framework for the selected schools to guide their compliance with the minimum standards of the SAVE Framework for the realisation of the right to education of learners with disabilities.
Author: Elmon Jabulane Shongwe
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3197846264