Implementation of early childhood development education service standard guidelines on physical facilities in public and private early childhood education centres Kakamega County, Kenya
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Date
2016
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Journal of Early Child Development and Care
Abstract
childhood development education (ECDE) service standard guidelines to
guide the ECDE stakeholders in provision of early childhood education
(ECE) programmes. The study sought to investigate the implementation
of the ECDE service standard guidelines on provision of physical facilities
in ECE centres in Kakamega County. A descriptive survey design was
adopted. Head teachers and ECE teacher were the study subjects.
Structured questionnaires were used to collect data. The instruments
were validated through expert judgement and pilot testing. The findings
revealed that there were no significant differences in adherence to the
government guidelines in provision of classrooms and furniture.
Nonetheless, significant differences existed between the two categories
in adherence to the government guidelines in provision of water and
sanitary and play facilities. The study recommended that the MoE
infrastructure fund should be extended to ECE centres.
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Keywords
Private, Public, Implementation, Service standard guidelines, Early childhood education centres
Citation
Emmily M. Sitati, Mwangi Ndirangu, Bota Kennedy & George S. Rapongo (2016) Implementation of early childhood development education service standard guidelines on physical facilities in public and private early childhood education centres Kakamega County, Kenya, Early Child Development and Care, 186:11, 1765-1778, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2015.1131159