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    Parental perceptions about further education for their children with hearing impairment
    (UMT.Lahore, 2017) Ghazala Ishrat
    This research aimed to explore the perception of the parents of children with hearing impairment for further education for their children. Further Education covers education and training which occurs after secondary level education. There are many institutes which are providing further education for young school leavers. Further education is also known as adult education, training or continuing education in different countries (Education, n.d.). Further education may be at any level from basic skills training to higher vocational education. So researcher takes this term as higher education and vocational training. There are limited opportunities for the students with hearing impairment after completing their secondary education and they have to face many problems like unemployment and underemployment in the initial years of their professional career. Parents don‟t have exact idea about the expertise and market demands for the persons with hearing impairment. That's why it is very important to about their perception regarding future concerns of their children. In this quantitative research, the descriptive methodology was used in designing a self-made questionnaire to assess the parent‟s perception. Population for this research was the parents of the deaf students. Convenient sampling was used to collect the data from the parents of intermediate class students who were about to decide the future field of their children. Data were collected from 324 parents from colleges of all over Punjab and then analyzed by using descriptive as well inferential analysis. Response of a majority of the parents was positive towards Vocational Training of their children for the better social and economic adjustments. This research highlighted a new direction for arranging and starting vocational and skill-oriented programs for hearing impaired students and such initiatives will encourage them to live an independent life in a developing country like Pakistan. Keywords: Further Underemployment,education, career education, Unemployment,