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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW AND GOVERNANCE STUDIES Center for Federalism and Governance Studies State constitution and its Implementation on the Educational Rights of PWD: In case of Damot Woyede Woreda, Wolayeta-Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia BY:Yigezu Inaso A thesis submitted to center for federalism and governance studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for Master of Art in Federalism and Governance Advisor: Dr Zemelak Ayele(Associate professor) June 17, 2019 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA 1 Approved by Board of Examiners: Chairman, Department Graduate Committee Signature Advisor Signature Internal Examiner Signature _____________________________________________________________________ External Examiner Signature 2 Declaration I, the undersigned, declare that this thesis is my own work. It is my original work and it has not been presented in any other university so as far as my knowledge is concerned. Besides, all the materials used in this work have been cited and suitably acknowledged. Name:Yigezu Inaso Signature: __________________________________ Date: __________________________________ Advisor: Zemelak Ayele (PhD) Signature: ___________________________________ Date: ____________________________________ 3 Table of Contents Pages Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................ i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... iv Abstract .................................................................................................................................................. v List of Acronyms ..................................................................................................................................... vi CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Research Questions........................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Objectives of the study ................................................................................................................... 4 1.3.1. General Objectives ................................................................................................................. 4 1.3.2 Specific Objectives. ................................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Significance of the study................................................................................................................. 4 1.5 Scope of the study .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.5.1 Delimitation, ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Methodology of the study ............................................................................................................... 5 1.6.1 Research design .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.6.2. Sampling technique ................................................................................................................ 6 1.6.3 Data and source. ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.6.4. Data gathering tools. .............................................................................................................. 6 1.6.5. Observation ........................................................................................................................... 6 1.6.6. Case study .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.6.7 Data analysis. ......................................................................................................................... 7 1.7 Organization of the Study ............................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 8 The rights of PWDs to have access to education ...................................................................................... 8 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1. Conceptual frame work of disability and right ............................................................................. 10 2.2 Evolution of the rights of people with disability. ........................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Evolution of disabilities education right. ............................................................................... 12 2.2.2 Legal protection to improve life’s of people with disabilities. ................................................. 13 2.3 Types of right for peoples with disabilities. .................................................................................. 15 i 2.3.1 The right to mobility. ............................................................................................................. 15 2.3.2 The right to equal access for job opportunities. ..................................................................... 16 2.3.3 Educational right. ................................................................................................................. 17 2.4. The responsibility of the government providing assistive technologies for education for people with disabilities. ................................................................................................................................ 20 2.4.1 What rights do children have to assistive technology? ........................................................... 22 2.4.2. The barriers to assistive technology. ..................................................................................... 23 2.5. Factors affecting Implementation of education of the peoples with disability. .............................. 25 CHAPTER 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 27 LEGAL AND DIFFERENT POLICIES FRAMEWORK CONCERNING ON THE EDUCATION RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH IMPAIRMENT IN ETHIOPIA. ............................................................ 27 3.1. Introduction. ............................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 PWDS and education in Ethiopia: brief history ............................................................................ 27 3.2.1 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) constitution Concerning on PWDS, .......... 29 3.2.2 Other national policies on PWDS .......................................................................................... 31 3.2.3The 1994 Education and Training Policy (ETP) ..................................................................... 32 3.2.4 Developmental Social Welfare Policy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia .......... 33 3.2.5 Sport Policy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. ............................................... 34 3.2.6 Regional legal frame work of the SNNPR state towards PWD ................................................ 36 CHAPTER 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 38 Data analysis and interpretation ............................................................................................................. 38 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 38 4.1 Description of the research in the study area. ................................................................................ 38 4.2 General background of respondents.............................................................................................. 40 4.3 The practical implementation of state constitution Disability Right .............................................. 42 4.4 The extent of state constitution implementation exercised and promoted at local level to properly address right of PWDS ...................................................................................................................... 46 4.5 The contribution of zonal government authorities supervision on local level of administrators for addressing rights of PWDS ................................................................................................................ 47 4.6 The challenges of state constitution implementation locally to address rights of PWDS effectively .......................................................................................................................................................... 48 4.7 Result and discussion of PWDS educational provision observation .............................................