ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

A research is a team work and no research work can be completed without the collective endeavor of the researcher and his/her guide, other teachers, fellow students, subjects and others. The researcher has high regards for his highly grateful to the head of I.A.S.E, Jamia Millia Islamia, whose timely support in relevant matters helped her to complete this dissertation research in time. In the preparation of this research dissertation, the researcher studied several books and journals of which the account is given at the end, and has drawn upon a number of sources whom she feels extremely indebted to. The researcher expresses her sincere gratitude to the Principals of Blind Relief Association & Jamia Middle School for their valuable co-operation. Without whose help administration of Mathematics Achievement Test in these schools would not have been possible. The investigator of the present study is also very grateful to all his family members ( father, mother & wife) and friends for their continuous encouragement and whole hearted co-operation. He is also very much thankful to the blind and seeing students for taking the test administered by him. Their co-operation is sincerely acknowledged by the researcher. The researcher is highly grateful to his research guide Dr. Sara Begum for her valuable guidance and inspiration, starting from the formulation of the problem to the final shaping of the research report. She supervised the work with the great interest.

(MD. SHAHABUDDIN) M.ED SPECIAL EDUCATION) (2011-2012)