Mechanisms of activating the partnership of civil society institutions to educate people with special needs in the light of contemporary societal changes
Research Abstract
Mechanisms of activating the partnership of civil society institutions to educate people with special needs in the light of contemporary societal changes Introduction:
Education is one of human rights which is vital to develop the individual and the society. Thus all people deserve to have an outstanding education, but special needs education faces some challenges such as shortage of information and statistics about them and weakness of specialized leaders and teachers working at this field. Also, the gab between what is available and the educational services needed. What makes the partnership between the civil society institutions and the country in order to educate special needs, as the responsibility is no longer related to the government systems only, but the civil society become a partner in this responsibility. Also the partnership of the civil society institutions in education has added to the egyptian education system a new dimension. So it has been necessary to activate the partnership of the civil society institutions in educating the special needs to benefit of the human and material force of them.
The problem of the study:
Individuals with special needs seek to the co-operation between the government and the civil society institutions, because the government stands helpless in front of a lot of things which she can't face alone and needs to co-operate with the civil society institutions. That's because the rate of the handicapped in the world is reached (50 million) and in the Arab area (16 million) and in Egypt (2490127) in 2006 and it might reach (2899180) in 2016. That shows the ratio of the handicappeds is increasing what lead to the necessity pf the whole society participation to help these people in order to have their right to have good education. But there's shortage in the efforts of the civil society institutions, as in fact, their role is very weak towards them. The role of the political parties has been drawback and there are (254) person joined to the special needs union. Also, the civil society institutions lose co-operation and team work between each other and with other society institutions. That's all make it necessary to activate and align the partenership between the civil society institutions and between the government in the field of special needs education.
The problem of the study can be formed at the following main question:
How can we activate the mechanisms of the partnership of the civil society institutions in special needs education in the light of the contemporary societal variables?
This question is branching out the following questions:
1- What are partnership, its types, and the role of the civil society institutions in it?
2- What are the contemporary societal variables and its reflection on the special needs education?
3- What are the status quo of the civil society institutions in the special needs education?
4- What is the suggested perspective about the mechanisms of activating the partnership of the civil society institutions in the special needs education?
The objectives of the Study:
This study aims at:
1- Recognizing the concept of partnership, its types, and the role of the civil society institutions in it.
2- Recognizing the contemporary societal variables and its reflection on the special needs education?
3- Recognizing the status quo of the civil society institutions in the special needs education.
4- Presenting the suggested perspective about the mechanisms of activating the partnership of the civil society institutions in the special needs education.
The significance of the Study:
The significance of this study appears clearly in:
1- It's cope with the call of president Mubark to consider the current ten years (2000-2010) a decade to protect the egyptian child.
2- It provides the local and official leaders with a clear vision about the partnership of the civil society institutions in the special needs education.
3- It presents a new horizon for the researchers at the field of the integrated programs as an introductory to the policy of mainstreaming the with special needs in the egyptian society.
4- Improving the services presented by the civil society institutions to the special needs.
5- The previous studies have concentrated on the role of the civil society only in education without referring to their educational role towards special needs, even the studies about partnership haven't concentrated on the civil society institutions, thus it contributes in abridging this gab.
The Methodology of the Study:
The "Descriptive Research Methodologies” is used to review the status quo of the special needs education system, and to describe the concept of civil society institutions and their role in education. Also, to describe the concept of partnership and its types, and to present the status quo of civil society institutions partnership in the special needs education
The tools and the sample of the study:
The study a questionnaire to gather data about the activating mechanism, it has been applied on a sample of school of special needs leaders (principal/ vice principal/ social specialist) and some civil society (political parties- civil societies- teachers union- businessmen society) to know the targets, requirements and obstacles of activating civil society institutions partnership and it has been prepared upon the theoretical framework and dissertations.
The Limits of the Study:
The current research is related to some civil society institutions (political parties- civil societies- teachers union- businessmen society) ,and some special education schools in Bani- Sweif, because the ratio of handicapped in it is very high compared to other governorates through the republic. As the ratio reaches (18649) in 2008 and it turned out that 67.69% is uneducated, 0.71% has above average, and 1.83% has higher education, what makes it necessary to activate the partnership of the civil society institutions in Bani- Sweif.
Procedures of the Study:
The steps of the study unfold as follows:
1- The framework of the study: it includes the study introduction, problem, objectives, significance, previous researches, methodology, scope, and its steps.
2- A theoretical presentation of the concept of partnership, its institutions and characteristics. Also the concept of partnership, its targets, its importance, its types, and the stages of constructing and developing it. As well as some models of the civil society institutions partnership in the special needs education in some different countries.
3- A theoretical analysis of some societal variables (political, economical and cultural) and its reflections on the civil society institutions partnership and the special needs. Also, presenting the concept of special needs and the requirements of their education, and models of special needs education in some countries.
4- A theoretical analysis of the status quo of special needs education and the efforts of civil society institutions, and the status quo of the partnership of the civil society institutions partnership in the special needs education .
5- Executing the field study to determine to what extend the primary school principals are practicing administrative creativity during their daily work. Also to know the requirements they need and the obstacles they face when they work in a creative way.
6- Proposing the suggestive perspective which consists of its foundations, requirements, and mechanisms of performing it, obstacles and the suggestive topics for further research.
The Findings and Recommendations:
The stud ended at presenting suggestive prospective for mechanisms of activating the partener ship of instututies in civil society of education peoples of special needs. The study reach the following results:
1- The partenershipn of civil society instituties became a basic need to achieve the continous development beside the state in the field of educating peoples of special needs.
2- The success of partenership process depends on modificating the lows and decisions that stand against activating the partenership of civil society instituties of educating peoples of special needs.
3- It is necessary to put mechanisms of sassing acclimate of respect between the fields or partenership.
4- It is necessary to make a previous show of projects strategies that need to achieve between the instituties of civil society and ministry of education in formatting the whole persons of partenship to do the role in achievement process.
Its achievement based on some rules and recommendations through the following stages:
The first stage: preparation stage: it is a beginning stage for beginning in activating the partenership of civil society instituties to change the common culture that refuse the other inside the instituties of civil society and hside the educational administration, and putting a plan every year that contains a programs of partenership.
The second stage: a chievement stage: it is a stage depends on activating the partenership of civil society instituties that involves training the human people in the field of educating people of special needs, and making a guide involves the styles of partenership, the most important fileds that civil society instituies and the ministrg can participate its objectives.
The third stage: following and evaluation stage: the activating of partinership civil society institituties of education peoples of special needs depends on the continous evaluation of what the partenership reach and writing a reports every year and every month about the edvantges and disadvatges of parternship.
The suggestive studies and Researches:
The subject of partenership of civilsouety instituties in one of the subjects that rarely has been needs: the following are some sussesstive studies:
1- a suggeesstive propective of activating the parternship of caring the talented people.
2- A comparative study of partenership of civil sonety instituties in education in Egypt in the light of expeviences of some countries.
3- Activating the partenership between civil society instituties and faclties of education for developing the general education in the light of experiences of some countries.
Research Keywords
Mechanisms of activating the partnership of civil society institutions to educate people with special needs in the light of contemporary societal changes