| dc.description.abstract | Christian churches have played a pivotal role in the provision of primary,
secondary and Early Childhood Education. They have also been a key agent of
curriculum implementation of pre-primary curriculum. School and teachers
related factors affect implementation of pre-primary curriculum. The purpose
of this study was to explore the factors influencing effective implementation
of pre-primary school curriculum in schools managed by Presbyterian Church
of East Africa in Kikuyu Sub-county, Kiambu county Kenya. The study was
guided by Hilda-Taba's curriculum model. The study used a descriptive
research design. Simple random sampling was used to sample pre-school
teachers and purposive sampling technique was used to select the sub-county
under study and school managers. The sample size was 23 School Managers'
from 23 pre-primary schools managed by Presbyterian Church of East Africa
in Kikuyu Sub-county, Kiambu county Kenya. 30% of 120 pre-school
teachers in the 23 pre-primary schools under study, which was 36 pre-school
teachers. The study used questionnaires and. interview schedules to collect
data. Data was analyzed using quantitative techniques. The statistical package
for social sciences was used to organize data for analysis. Graphs, tables and
pie-charts were used to present results. The study established that the school
related factors that affected the pre-primary curriculum implementation in
schools managed by PCEA in Kikuyu Sub-County included; Physical
facilities, ECDE training level of managers, religious guidelines, guidance and
counseling programmes, pastoral programs, policies, administration document
and status of the school. Teacher related factors included teachers'
qualifications, teaching/learning materials, salaries and motivational levels of
the teachers and professional documents. The challenges that influenced
effective pre-primary school curriculum implementation in schools managed
by PCEA included; Human resource ECDE qualification, lack of enough
finances and facilities, heavy workload for teachers, lack of managerial skills
and emerging issues. It was concluded that, Presbyterian Church of East
Africa had performed a great role in provision of the resources that influence
effective pre-primary school curriculum implementation in the area of study. It
is recommended that PCEA schools Managers should, undertake ECDE
training at least to degree level, PCEA pre-primary school teachers should
further their ECDE training, more facilities should be added, more teachinglearning
materials should be added and mentorship and motivational programs
should be provided for teachers. The study also recommends that more
qualified teachers should be employed to improve the teacher/child ratio. This
study also recommends that the pre-primary schools teachers should always
prepare and use effectively relevant professional documents which include;
schemes of work, lesson plans, lesson notes and record of work | en_US |
