Leveraging on Interactive Learning Pedagogy in Promoting School Readiness and Women Economic Engagement: Perspectives from the RCT Intervention Project in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
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2025-03-28
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE (IJRISS)
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Women economic empowerment and school readiness of children cannot be distinctly separated. It is on this
basis that Kenyatta University WEE in collaboration with other partners jointly are conducting an experiment
on WEE and children’s holistic development including school readiness. The intervention experiment is
conducted in Tharaka Nithi county to understand how early enrollment of 3-year-old children would promote
children’s school readiness and enable their mothers to engage in income generating activities. This
intervention is happening in 60 schools(treatment schools). A control group of 3-year old children from the
catchment are also selected for comparison at the end of the intervention. Besides, the same number (5) of 4-
year old pre-primary school one (PP1) were identified for the same reason. 4-year old children attend PP1 as
per the government policy. The two categories will learn together using an enhanced curriculum, provided
learning resources and use of interactive pedagogy. The children were enlisted during a baseline survey to
identify families with eligible children for the experiment. Assessment of the children in terms of
developmental milestones was done by the assessment team of psychologists using among others Debron-2
school-readiness kit. This paper presents some of the baseline results regarding the status of 4 and 3-year-old
children’s school readiness skills. The findings allude to the differences in school readiness of the 3-year old
children and the extent to which the can cope with schooling.
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Waudo, J., Onywere, S., & Onditi, J. (2025). Leveraging on Interactive Learning Pedagogy in Promoting School Readiness and Women Economic Engagement: Perspectives from the RCT Intervention Project in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 9(4), 3949-3953.