Effects of Resource Factors on the Implementation of Inclusive Education Services in Public Primary Schools in Kisii Town, Kenya

Academic Paper from the year 2022 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, grade: 78, , language: English, abstract: This study was designed to investigate the relationship between the resources factors and the implementation of inclusive education in public primary schools in Kisii town, Kisii County, Kenya. The study adopted the descriptive survey design in collecting data. Contributing to discourses of dependency and development like this, ideas about disability are frequently co-opted to support neocolonial political agendas. In this sense, the links between post-colonialism and disability are direct, dynamic and constitutive in the contemporary world. As a critical discourse, post-colonialism can offer a crucial point of departure for the analysis of disability representations when they are manifested in, or projected onto, non-western cultural contexts. The readiness for acceptance of inclusion varies across countries and continents of the world. While countries within the advanced economies have gone beyond categorical provisions to full inclusion, Kenya and most countries of Africa, are still grappling with the problem of making provisions for children with special needs, especially those with handicaps, even on a mainstreaming basis. Despite the critical role of resources factors in the implementation of inclusive education, this factor has largely escaped scholarly attention.

Mallion Kwamboka Onyambu, born in 1969 in Kisii, Nyanza Province, Kenya, attended Kiru Primary School, Sengera Girls Secondary School, and A level at Kereri Girls Secondary School. She got her first degree in Education arts from Kenyatta University and Masters degree from Moi University. Presently pursuing Ph.D at Moi University, Kenya.