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Gender and Education of people with disabilities in Tanzania

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dc.creator Possi, Mwajabu K.
dc.date 2016-02-15T09:17:22Z
dc.date 2016-02-15T09:17:22Z
dc.date 1996
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:36Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:36Z
dc.identifier Possi, M. K. (1996) . Gender and Education of people with disabilities in Tanzania. UTAFITI, New Series 3. (2), pp. 155-168
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/380
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10106
dc.description http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Utafiti/vol3no2NS/aejp003002NS007.pdf
dc.description This Paper discusses the concept of disability, its prevalence and incidence.It Highlights on the importance of prevalence and incidence and provides prevalence of various disabilities in the country. The Paper also discusses the concept of gender in relation to education of people with disabilities in Tanzania.From The discussions it is apparent that there are more males than females with disabilities in Tanzania.The Situation may be due to some bias in determining prevalence of disabilities. The Bias may result from the fact that boys are biologically vulnerable than males.Girls With disabilities in TanzaniaHave not had equal access to education compared to boys,especially at higher institutions of learning.Some Of the reasons advanced for the imbalances may be. Due to negative attitudes towards people with disabilities,lack of role models,as well as lack of teaching-learning materials,and inaccessibility to educational buildings.It Is recommended that parents and the Tanzanian Community in general be made aware of the education of children with disabilities and that role models be nsed to motivate parents to enrol their children with disabilities in school and make sure they graduate
dc.language en
dc.subject people with disabilities
dc.subject Gender and Education
dc.title Gender and Education of people with disabilities in Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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