Perception of Service Providers on The Implementation of Inclusive Education in Kaduna State.

Inclusive education which entails educating children with special needs alongside normal children within the same school setting is a global trend that Nigeria has keyed into. As many of the nation's states have begun implementing it, there is a need to ascertain the level of the perception of the stakeholders, especially the Service Providers. Hence, the paper aimed to ascertain the level of the perception of the Service Providers in the study population with the objectives to ascertain their perception level, and whether there were differences between them according to gender, local government area of public or private school. Data was generated by a set of Questionnaires, in other to provide answers to the research questions and hypotheses formulated and analyzed using descriptive Statistics and t-test. The findings revealed that the Service Providers had an average level of perception. In terms of the difference in implementation of inclusive education, none was established between the Service Providers of private and public primary schools nor between Kaduna North and Kaduna South local government areas. However, a difference in their perception according to gender was ascertained. The conclusion is that there is a need to raise the level of the perception of the Service Providers for a more successful implementation of inclusive education in Kaduna state. Among the recommendations proffered was the need for an enhanced remuneration and working environment with enough resources for Service Providers as well as the government making provision for more training to educate them to know what to do better and when to do so for a more enhanced implementation of inclusive education in the State