Challenges and Prospects of Vocational Education and Training for Specially-abled Students in Pakistan
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Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in vocational and skilful programmes that can help students achieve a better career, particularly those with special needs. The transition of students with physical challenges like impairments has become increasingly complicated as a consequence, and both the students and their families demand better transition procedures. The organisational challenges and ensuing issues faced by students, families, and care providers are documented in the academic literature on early childhood transition, leading to further difficulties later in their careers. The specific factors influencing this intricate transition process have recently become the subject of insightful transition studies. This framework will help students with special needs and their families cope with the transition process, provide an organisational framework, and start laying the foundation for improving transitions for such students. The framework used in this research includes challenges that are categorised into four categories: environmental challenges, attitude challenges, institutional challenges, and financial challenges. The framework concludes with the actions that may be taken to address the problems impeding the vocational education and training performance of students with physical impairments.
Keywords: Specially-abled students, Challenges, Vocational Education, Prospects, Pakistan
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