• Prosper Anthony Mensah
• Abraham Gyamfi
• Kennedy Nyeseh Ofori
• Theresa Agbezudor

Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong in Ghana the only institution among the pilot schools that admits three categories of students with disability; students with visual impairment, hearing impairment and the physically challenged. The aim of the study therefore was to assess Presbyterian College of Education as an inclusive educational institution. A case study design; in which tutors and students at Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong were interviewed, was adopted for the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 35 students with disabilities and 15 tutors at Presbyterian college of education in the Eastern region of Ghana. In-depth interview and observational techniques were used to assess the views of the participants about inclusive education with regards to the nature of the physical and the built environments. The study revealed students with special needs have challenges in accessing the physical and built environment and that the challenges have negative impact on students with disability. Based on this finding, it is recommended that efforts should be made to improve the physical and built environments to make it accessible to persons with disabilities at the College of Education level to facilitate inclusion.

Accessibility, Mobility, Physical environment, Supportive environment

"ACCESIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: AN ESSENTIAL NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN GHANA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.a41-a53, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207006.pdf

"ACCESIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: AN ESSENTIAL NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN GHANA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppa41-a53, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207006.pdf