inclusive – Journal of Research Innovation and Implications in Education

Status of Picture Icon Communication Strategy in Enhancing Expressive Language Skills among Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Inclusive Primary Schools

By JRIIE | June 24, 2026

Evernate Adhiambo OrongeDepartment of Educational Psychology and ScienceRongo UniversityEmail: evernateoronge@gmail.com Abstract: Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in mainstream primary schools find it difficult to develop skills in expressing language, which hinders their effective communication. There is little evidence regarding enhanced skills in expressive language using Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and its various components.…

Breaking Barriers: Examining the Participation of Female Students in the Student Representative Council at a Public University in Zimbabwe

By JRIIE | October 7, 2024

Gracious Mupupuni, Clara Kunakahakudyiwi, Viola Munesi & Adija MuchengaUniversity of ZimbabweEmail: mupupunigracious119@gmail.com Abstract: Gender parity in leadership, including student governance structures at institutions of higher learning, remains a challenge globally, especially in Africa, and Zimbabwe in particular. This study examines factors influencing the representation of female students in the Student Representative Council (SRC) at a…

Management of Learners with Special Needs in Inclusive Education in Makueni County, Kenya

By JRIIE | February 27, 2019

Prof. Lazarus Ndiku Makewa, PhD* – Rwenzori International University, Uganda, Josephine Mbithe Mutie, PhD – Scott Christian University, Kenya.*Corresponding author: ndikul@gmail.com Received November 15, 2018; Revised February 22, 2019; Accepted February 26, 2019 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate how learners with special needs in public primary schools were managed inclusively in…