TABLE OF CONTENTS

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3STRACT .

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-IAPTER ONE

1.0 Rationale of the study 1

1.1 Background information 1

1.2 Theory 2

1.3 Statement of the problem 3

1.4 Objectives of the Study 4

1.5 Significance of the study 4

1.6 Limitations and Delimitations 4

1.7 Scope

1.8 Definition of terms 5

-IAPTER TWO 7

2.1 Review of related literature 7

-IAPTER THREE 12

3,0 Research Methodology 12

3.1 Research Design 12

3.2 Environments 12

3.3 Research Instruments 12

3.4 Data collection procedures 13

I. Administration of the questionnaires 13

II. Getting permission to conduct research 13

III. Collecting data 13

IV. Analysis of the data 14

[-IAPTER FOUR 15

4.0 Data Analysis and Representation 15

4.1 Statistical treatment of data 15

4.2 Presentation and analysis 15

[-JAPTER FIVE 22

5.0 Summery, Discussion and Recommendations 22

5.1 Summery 22

5.2 Discussion 22

5.3 Recommendations 23

IBLIOGRAPHY 25

PPENDICES 26

APPENDIX A: TRANSMITAL LETTER FOR THE HEADTEACHER MAY 200~ 26

APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRE ON LOW VISION 27

APPENDIX C: MAP SHOWING NAIROBI AREA 30