Schooling and disablity: the Philippine case
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2017
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In recent years, more awareness regarding persons with disabilities could be
seen in the various laws passed addressing this issue; one of these is the Magna Carta
for Disabled, which aims to uplift the lives of disabled citizens through social programs
such as those concerning education. However, policies and projects ensuring access to
education for all disabled people are not without cost. Therefore, this paper would like
to justify these actions by proving that having a disability does impede one’s chances
of attaining an education. In order to do this, according to similar studies abroad, it is
imperative that some common factors be considered when testing the relationship of
educational attainment and the presence of disability - age, gender and income. Using
the same factors and the Census of Population and Housing 2010 as the data set, an
econometric model, suitable to the Philippine setting, is derived which expands
disabilities into different categories; these include communication, mobility, visual,
hearing and mental disabilities. The results of the regression show that there is a
negative relationship between the presence of disabilities and access to education,
measured as the probability of one graduating from high school. Specifically, persons
with a communication disability are least likely to finish their secondary studies. With
these findings, it is recommended that the government take action with regards to
citizens with disabilities by promoting the utilization of special education programs.
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disability, SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education, social program, special education program