International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Deepshikha Rajkhowa, Dr. Toslima Sultana Begum and Jinamoni Saikia

abstract
Communication is the active process of exchanging information, thoughts, desires and ideas. The capacities to receive, send, process and grasp ideas or spoken, nonverbal, and graphic symbol systems is impaired by a communication disorder. A communication issue may show up in speech, language or hearing functions. Our communication behaviour is mainly divided into two components – expressive behaviour (production of the sound, speech, language) and receptive behaviour (understanding and responding). Communication is important in children’s academic performance. Children with communication disorders took education in both inclusive and special education system. Therefore, to know their prevalence and academic performance, a study entitled “Exploring the prevalence of children with communication disorders and their academic performance”. The secondary data from office of the Samarga Siksha, Jorhat and school records revealed that a higher percentage of children with communication disorder (38.19%) were enrolled in Jorhat block. Most of the children with communication disorder under the study are found under the low performer category (40.4% and below).