Level of Support Accorded to ECDE Teachers by Parents and Ministry of Education in Nandi County, Kenya

Abstract

The devolution of ECDE education in Kenya came with a myriad of challenges ranging from unclear policy framework on issues of management, underfunding of ECDE programmes, to lack of preparedness of county governments to implement the devolved ECDE system of education. The purpose of this study was to examine the Level of Support Accorded to ECDE Teachers by Parents and Ministry of Education in Nandi County, Kenya. This study adopted descriptive survey design using mixed methodology and pragmatism paradigm. The study found out that majority of the pre-schools in the study area lacked adequate pre-school teachers, textbooks and play materials. Majority (72.0%) of the employed pre-school teachers had undergone pre-school teacher training courses therefore they had adequate and current pedagogical skills which allowed them to effectively handle pre-school learners. Majority of the pre-schools lacked adequate teaching and learning materials. Parents provided learning materials and feeding programme for ECDE learners. Majority of the pre-schools had inadequate infrastructure. County government have constructed 30% of classrooms in the study area. The study therefore recommended that there is need for county government, parents and other education stakeholders to provide instructional materials and construct more classrooms for efficient and improved service delivery in all the pre-schools in the study area. Further it was recommended that there is need for employment of more trained pre-school teachers by the county government to improve learning.