CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
1.1. Background Information
Education is a process by which man transmits his experiences, new findings, and values accumulated over the years, in his struggle for survival and development, through generations. Education enables individuals and society to make all-rounded participation in the development process by acquiring knowledge, ability, skills and attitudes (EEP, 1994).
The handicaps rate has major implications on the development of productive labor force currently and in the future. Any child after enrollment in the school left without completing the primary level education for any reason is considered as primary school handicaps child(CERID:2002). The handicaps rate in Nigeria was 4.2 percent at primary schools level. The problem of school handicaps was more serious in rural than in urban areas. Around 4.7 per-cent of the primary school pupils in rural areas and 2.2 percent in the urban areas have dropped- out from primary school (CSA, 2011).
Similarly, the school handicaps rates at primary school level in the Calabar south regions are 5.3 percent. According to Calabar Education Offices reports, the Primary School handicaps Rate (1-8) has slightly increased from 5.2 percent in 2013 to 10.7 percent in 2014. In 2014, the handicaps rate for boys was 5.5 percent while that of girls was 5.2percent. From 2013-2014, on average, nearly 3600 children left school before completing their primary education (Calabar education office,2014).