Abstract

Introduction Special needs students are also a part of our society According to an estimation of Rehabilitation council of India 1995 approximately 16 651 visually impaired children are enrolled in different school programs Due to their physical problem they remain leg behind form the mainstream By arranging some special circumstances they could also be a part of mainstream Objective The primary objective of this study was to explore the level of educational aspiration of visually challenged students and role of special school in their development of educational aspiration Method The present study was conducted to evaluate the Level of Aspiration of Visually Challenged School Children of Orissa The data were collected from a sample of 200 visually impaired children consisting 100 with partial vision and 100 blind by using simple random technique The descriptive survey method was used for data collection using The Educational Aspiration Scale EAS Hindi prepared by Sharma Gupta 1987 and personal information blank Results This study found that educational aspiration was low of entire sample Male students were more aspirated in comparison to female students Students who were studying in special school were superior to their counterpart studying in regular school Conclusions It can be concluded on the basis of result that educational aspiration was low in those students who were studying in regular school but was higher in special school case So it is clear that special schools are playing a vital and positive role in enhancement of educational aspiration of visually challenged children