ENG2611 SUPPLEMENTARY 2023 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

ENG2611 SUPPLEMENTARY 2023 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS The novel Covid-19 has increased inequality and heightened the already existing exclusion of people and students with disabilities in Higher Education. Write an essay in which you describe the challenges that students with disabilities experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. In your view, how could these have been resolved (possible interventions)? Ngubane-Mokiwa, S.A. & Zongozzi, J.N. (2021). Exclusion Reloaded: The chronicle of Covid-19 on students with disabilities in a South African Open Distance Learning Context. Journal of Intellectual Disablity – Diagnosis and Treatment, 9, 137 – 147 Toquero, C.M.D. 2020. Inclusion of people with disabilities amid Covi-19: Laws, interventions, recommendations. Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research , 10(2), 158 – 177. DOI: 10.4471/remie.2020.5877 Dalton, E. M., Lyner-Cleophas, M., Ferguson, B.T. & McKenzie, J., (2019). Inclusion, universal design and universal design for learning in higher education: South Africa and the United States. African Journal of Disability, 8(0), a519. [50 marks] Introduction The COVID-19 virus was identified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020 (WHO, 2020), which led to many nations implementing strict lockdown measures to restrict human travel and stop the virus' spread. All industries were affected, including higher education. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many colleges and universities to move from on-campus to online learning quickly, which left them with insufficient time to consider the various special needs of the students with disabilities. This has resulted in a variety of novel challenges for students with disabilities. Additionally, it showed the flaws, brittle4n.1ess, hazards, and inequalities in the education of students with disabilities both inside and between nations. This essay will focus on the challenges that students with disabilities experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to South Africa's Vision 2030 National Development Plan (NDP), "those with disabilities 4.2 must have greater access to excellent education and employment." However, as everyone has different learning requirements and capacities, educational programs must be inclusive a4n.3d advantageous to all, however all this was never considered during the pandemic as student with disabilities experienced lot of challenges, these include unavailable learning resources and platforms, unfavourable attitudes displayed by instructors and other students. People can be disabled in a variety of ways, including in the inability to communicate (talking and listening), express emotions (behavioural or psychological), hear (even with hearing aids), think (learning challenges), move (standing and grabbing), and more. Therefore, during the pandemic that resulted in lockdowns and social distancing, many students with disabilities, as well as other vulnerable groups, experienced limitations in social opportunities e.g. on campus, they offer spaces for social interaction and frequently services like counselling for students with emotional (behavioural or psychological) disabilities or speech and language therapy for students who have communication (talking, listening) 4d.4isabilities, so they were unable to attend such services, other challenges they had include having insufficient time to complete the online summative tests because of lecturers not modifying the assessments time to accommodate a person with a disability based on their individual needs. According to the World Health Organization and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2015), governments are accountable for upholding the rights of all citizens, including those of children with disabilities. As a result, they should have recognized the future needs of disabled students and planned and carried o