Determinants of Children’s Enrollment in Selected Pre-Schools in Tana Delta Sub County, Tana River County, Kenya
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Date
2024-03
Authors
Ntondwe, R. Walakisa
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CARI Journals
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the Study is to gather useful information on the determinants of
children’s enrollment in pre-schools, the study was guided by the following research question
“How do parents’ attitudes towards pre-school education influence pre-school enrollment?”
Literature was reviewed under the following sub heading; parents’ attitude towards early
learning and pre-school enrollment.
Methodology: The researcher employed use of survey method to gather data, simple random
was used in sampling respondents.
Findings: The study found out that Parents’ Attitude towards Pre-School influences children’s
enrolment as majority (75%) of the parents in the study indicated that pre-school education was
important to the child. This shows that majority of parents had a positive perception of preschool education.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: The researcher recommended that the
government should include pre-schools into free primary education and financially support the
school feeing program. The County Director of Education Mr M ashengu was a worried person
in the declining enrolment of early learners, a view shared by the Director of Preschools, TanaRiver County, Mr Abdi Bantta that that the two provided excellent support in solving the puzzle
and delve into ways that will significantly reduce the costs incurred by parents’ thereby
encouraging increased enrollment.
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Keywords
Children’s Enrolment, Determinants of Enrolment, School Enrolment
Citation
Walakisa, N. R. . (2024). Determinants of Children’s Enrollment in Selected Pre-Schools in Tana Delta Sub County, Tana River County, Kenya. International Journal of Humanity and Social Sciences, 2(2), 22–27. https://doi.org/10.47941/ijhss.1738