• Dr. Abdur Rahman

The rate of education is increasing in Bangladesh. The people of Bangladesh are very much aware about the education of their children except some exceptional cases in the very poor people and very remote hilly areas in Bangladesh. The government is doing a lot of works for education of all the groups of people in Bangladesh. Government of Bangladesh is doing a lot of works for education of visually impaired students. Many schools have been built for the visually impaired students and the accommodations management has been done for the visually impaired students. Many visually impaired students have become educated and contributing in different field. A visually impaired child is defined, in terms of visual acuity, field of vision, and visual efficiency. “Visual Ability” of the eye to see distant objects clearly is assessed using the Snellen’s chart, developed by Herbart Snellen, a Dutch doctor. The chart starts with a big ‘E’ which a normal eye can see at a distance of 200 ft. When vision of a person is so handicapped or impaired that to see the ‘E’ clearly he has to come within 20ft. of it or nearer, he is then considered legally blind. His vision is assessed as20/200 in the better eye. It simply means a legally blind person sees something at 20 ft. distance which can be seen by a normal at 200 ft. easily. Special education a residential educational set up where visually impaired students admitted exclusively in order to cater their special needs accordingly to special curriculum by special teacher. Special Education Special education is an environment where particular types of disabled children are enrolled in educational setups. The total structure of such education along with teaching curriculum, methods, teaching and learning materials etc. are focused on addressing the needs and requirements of those particular types of disabled learners. In most cases, the special educations are being run with residential setups with total care of learners by the trained professionals. However the present study has conducted to compare education for the visually impaired students on special and integrated school of thought in Bangladesh, to assimilate the home area education for the visually impaired integrated and special school of thought in Bangladesh, to explore the comparison the school area education for the visually impaired students on special and integrated school of thought in Bangladesh and to compare the personal area education for the visually impaired students on special and integrated school of thought in Bangladesh. The study was conducted at Special school and integrated school area of Dhaka, Narsingdi, Gazipur, Chittagong, Bandarban, Rajshahi, Barisal and Khulna district in Bangladesh. Total 140 respondents from the stakeholders in selected areas. The respondents were 5 Head master, 5 Resource Teacher, 5 House Parent cum Teacher, 5 Assistant Teacher, 30 Special School Students, 30Integrated School Students and 60 Guardians. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected from the respondents of the study area directly using different data collection techniques. Secondary Datawere collected from books, journal articles, research reports, magazines and websites etc. Primary data were collected by face to face interview with the respondents. Secondary data were collected from reviewing of secondary sources. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Collected data were analyzed by using computer program Microsoft Excel. From the result it was found that Students in integrated school were found to be better adjusted as compared to that of special school. Students in integrated school were found to be better adjusted in home area compared to those of special school. Students in integrated school were found to be better adjusted in school area compared to those of special school. Students in integrated school were found to be better adjusted in personal area compared to those of special school. Background in Bangladesh of special education school and integrated education school advantage, disadvantage and according of research information individuating integrated education program system is advantageous. In the other words integrated education is better education system for the visually impaired students. Government should provide more facilities for the visually impaired students.

Education, Special Education, Visually impaired student, Special and Integrated School of Thought, Braille, Dot position, Braille cell, Abacus

"Education for Visually Impaired Students in Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.b308-b333, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110134.pdf

"Education for Visually Impaired Students in Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppb308-b333, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110134.pdf