Special Education in Pakistan: A Critical Analysis
Keywords:
Special Education, Pakistan, Critical analysis, rehabilitation, disabled personsAbstract
The purpose of this research is to use problem tree analysis and identify issues and challenges to special education in Pakistan. Based on this, the objective tree has been formed and recommendations have been made to mitigate these issues and challenges for better rehabilitation of disabled persons in Pakistan. In addition to this, the paper also focusses on identification of scale and magnitude of disability in Pakistan. The sources used for this purpose are secondary data and literature, both grey and peer reviewed.Pakistan has 3.2 million population out of 208 million, who have different disabilities. There are issues with special education of this population having special abilities. Pakistan is signatory to United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and Goal-4 binds each member nation to ensure equitable and inclusive education for all including people with disabilities.
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