ADMINISTRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARDS VISUALLY IMPAIRED TEACHERS Authors Mrs. M. Revathi

It was very many years ago that most blind people who were employed in a small group of occupations. Additionally, changes in legislations have made people who are blind more aware of their rights to pursue employment in the field of their choice, and these same laws prohibit employers from discriminating against the blind applicant or employee. The visually impaired individuals mostly opt for teaching position and a number of teachers working school and collegiate level. However the employers and administrators attitude is a crucial component in employment of Visually Impaired teachers. Hence this study aimed to find out the Administrators Attitude towards Visually Impaired teachers. The investigator developed her own Rating Scale to measure Administrators Attitude towards Visually Impaired Teachers. Descriptive survey design is adopted in this study. Descriptive research which include selection, surveys and fact-finding enquiries of different kinds were collected. Administrators of 30 visually impaired teachers working in schools and 30 in college / university level assessed about their attitude towards Visually Impaired Teachers working under them. The results revealed that the administrators expressed moderate level of attitude towards Visually Impaired teachers.