IMPACT OF DAILY LIVING SKILLS ON SOCIAL LIFE OF THE STUDENT WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN ISLAMIYYA PILOT SCIENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL, JOS NORTH

Abstract

The study examined the “Impact of Daily Living Skills on Social Life of the Student with Visual
Impairment in Islamiyya Pilot Science Primary School, Jos North”. The study employed survey
research design and three research questions to guide the study. Twenty (20) teachers were
sampled and used for the study while questionnaires consisting of 17 items of 4 options were used
to collect data for the study. The study adopted simple percentage statistical method for data
analysis. The findings revealed that daily living skills enables visually impaired pupils to be
independently, the study also revealed that daily living skills helps visually impaired pupils to have
good interaction with their peers and also enable them to have a place in the society. It was
revealed through the study that inability of teachers to assist pupils in acquiring daily living skills is
a barrier, unwillingness of family members to assist pupils in acquiring the needed skills,
unwillingness of some pupils to acquire the needed skills to aid them in their daily living,
segregation of pupils with visual impairment and lack of qualified teachers to teach pupils how to
acquire the necessary daily living skills. The following recommendations to ameliorate the
identified problem; qualified teachers should be saddled with the responsibility of teaching pupils
acquisition of daily living skills, family members should assist pupils with visual impairment on how
to acquire the much-needed daily living skills, school administrators should ensure that they
provide visually impaired pupils with assistive technologies as this will enable them develop daily
living skills easily, counselling services should be provided to pupils with visual impairment as this
will help in identifying the area where pupils with visual impairment are being challenged finally
the study recommended that Government should ensure that they provide assistive technologies
to pupils who parents cannot afford them and Family members should ensure that they aid
visually impaired pupils to acquire daily living skills