Students With Disabilities As Determinants Of Implementation Of Inclusive Education In Public Secondary Schools In Kenya: A Case Study Of Bungoma County

Globally, 77 million children are out of education and 25.7 million (33.4%) are those with disabilities. In Kenya 0.48 % (1,504) Students with Disabilities out of 315,000 in public secondary schools are in Inclusive Education programme. Baseline survey in Bungoma County between 2013 and 2016 indicated that 107 (0.07%) Students with Visual impairments and physical challenges are in Inclusive Education programmes compared with total of 39,122 Students with disabilities. Therefore, Statistics indicate that very few Students with Disabilities are admitted in public secondary schools in Bungoma County. 39,015 (99.93%) may not be accessing formal public secondary school education. The objective of the study was to establish the influence of Students With Disabilities on implementation of Inclusive Education in public secondary schools in Bungoma County, Kenya. The findings of the study were that Students With Disabilities accounted for 37.4% of the variance in the implementation of inclusive education as was signified by the coefficient Adjusted R Square .374. The other 62.6% was due to other factors that were not the subject of this study. The study also established that Students With Disabilities always petition school administration for assistance to fit in the school programme. Furthermore, student with Disabilities interact socially and academically well with regular students and therefore influenced implementation of Inclusive Education.