Determinants of Administration of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Kilifi South Sub County, Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Mtana, Givan
Mange, Daniel
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Publisher
International Academic Journals
Abstract
Across the world, education has been, is and
will be viewed as the world’s largest
investment. In the developed countries like
USA and Canada education is given the
largest share of the governmental budget.
Greatly emphasized on in these countries is
the education that is aimed at developing a
child and preparing the child for the other
chores in the society. In this view, the
Sustainable Development Goals emphasized
on education for all across the world and the
role early childhood education for both the
developed and developing countries. The
Kenyan government has adopted the early
childhood education Programme and funding
has been ongoing for almost 8 years now and
some little achievements have been made
though the programme is still faced by
numerous challenges. As such, this study
sought to determine the determinants of
administration of early childhood education
(ECE) in Kilifi South Sub County. The
specific objectives were; to establish the
effect of devolution on staffing on the
administration of early childhood education
(ECE) in Kilifi South Sub County; to assess
the effect of organizational culture on the
administration ofearly childhood education
(ECE) in Kilifi South Sub County; and to
determine the effect of financial resourceson
the administration of early childhood
education (ECE) in Kilifi South Sub County.
Descriptive study design will be employed in
this study. The target population for this
study involved all the head teachers manning
the 60 public ECE centres in Kilifi South Sub
County and county education director ECE of
education. The sample size for this study
included 61 respondents. The study applied
semi-structured questionnaires and interview
guide. Secondary sources of data will also be
used so as to enrich data collection. The
supervisors and peers who have taken
courses in statistics and research methods
assisted in reviewing the instrument to
address its content and face validity. The testretest method was used to determine
reliability of the questionnaire. The
researcher administered a set of semistructured questionnaires through a pilot
study to appraise the questionnaire soundness
of the items and to estimate time that was
required to answer the items. The researcher
sought approval from the graduate school,
after which an introductory letter will be
sought from the University department. Also,
a research permit to conduct research from
NACOSTI was sought. Quantitative data
obtained through questionnaires was fed into
the Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS) version 20 which was used to analyse
data that will be gathered during the study.
The results were presented in tables.
Qualitative data will be analyzed
thematically and presented through verbatim
reporting. The study showed that there was a
great influence/relationship between the
staffing, organizational culture and financial
resources in the successful administration of
ECE in Kilifi County. The study recommends
that both the county government and the
national government should allocate
sufficient funds through the ministry of
education to accelerate the implementation of
ECE programmes in the county.
Description
A research article published in International Academic Journal of Social Sciences and Education
Keywords
administration, early childhood education (ECE), Kilifi South sub county, Kenya
Citation
Mtana, G. & Mange, D. (2020). Determinants of administration of early childhood education (ECE) in Kilifi South sub county, Kenya. International Academic Journal of Social Sciences and Education, 2(2), 209-225