Role of NGO’s in Improving Education Facilities of Specially Abled

It is a recognized fact that NGOs have played an important role in the development of rehabilitation services for specially abled individuals worldwide. This has been achieved regularly in the absence of Government involvement and initially took an institutional, charity-based approach. The recent developments, however, favor a participatory, community based approach, complementing and coordinating with Government policies and services, and working with all the stakeholders’ groups. The researcher aimed to find the role of NGO in its effort to improve the educational facilities for the specially abled. The sample comprised of 354 respondents from four districts comprising of deaf and dumb, blind, physical disability, mentally retarded and multiple disabilities. They were asked about role of NGO’s in improving educational facilities of specially about through semi-structured questionnaire. The obtained results were analysed through both descriptive and inferential statistics.The results revealed that more than 99% of the sample insisted that the NGO’s provide facilities and all of them insisted that the NGO’s provide material to the disabled students and the pattern was same for all the categories of disabled. More than 99% of the sample insisted that the NGO’s provide training and all of them were provided with psychological support, and this pattern was same for sample belonging to all the categories of disability. The entire sample selected mentioned that the NGO’s provide self-employment technique and assistance. All of them were given attention and care by the NGO and more than 99% of them were involved in social institutions. All of the respondents agreed that the NGO conducted special programs and social improvement, helping in reaching independence and conducted co-curricular activities.