ABSTRACT

This survey research investigated the factors influencing enrolments and study completion rates of persons with physical impairments in two government universities of Karachi. The population of the study consisted of non-students with physical impairments and university students with physical impairments. The sample of the study consisted of 20 non-students and 20 university students. Snowball sampling was used to collect the sample. Two structured questionnaires were developed to collect the data. Data analysis was conducted in the form of frequency tables. Results indicated that environmental factors (85%), academic grades (85%), transport factors (85%) and financial factors (90%) influenced enrolments rates of non-students in universities while environmental factors (75%), transport factors (75%), financial factors (90%) and lack of interest (90%) and will (90%) influenced study completion rates of university students. It is suggested to make the environment accessible, provide academic support, develop accessible transport, poverty reduction strategies and self-motivation in these persons.

摘要

这项调查研究调查了卡拉奇两所公立大学中影响身体残障人士入学率和学习完成率的因素。该研究的人群包括有身体缺陷的非学生和有身体缺陷的大学生。研究样本包括20名非学生和20名大学生。使用雪球采样来收集样本。开发了两份结构化调查问卷来收集数据。数据分析以频数表的形式进行。结果表明，环境因素（85%）、学业成绩（85%）、交通因素（85%）和经济因素（90%）影响非学生大学入学率，而环境因素（75%）、交通因素（ 75%), 经济因素（90%）和缺乏兴趣（90%）和意愿（90%）影响了大学生的学业完成率。建议为这些人提供无障碍环境、提供学术支持、发展无障碍交通、减贫战略和自我激励。