Material resource in inclusive schools: A critical need for the implementation of inclusive education in Ghana

Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong in Ghana, was one of the pilot institutions that has undertaken inclusive Education programme for students with special needs share the same facilities with their non-disabled counterparts. It is the only institution among the pilot schools that admits three categories of students with disability; 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 under the qualitative approach 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 availability of material resources. The study revealed students lack adequate material resources. The study also found out that the inadequate resource negatively affects the student’ performance. Based on this finding, it is recommended that efforts should be made to stock the resource centre with enough materials to suit the needs of persons with disabilities at the College of Education level to facilitate inclusion.