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    Challenges of Implementing Kindergarten Education Curriculum in Bole Sub City of Addis Ababa
    (AAU, 2020-08) Petros Adosa, Mellese; Baraki, Zenebe(PhD
    The prime purpose of this study was to examine the challenges of implementing kindergarten tt ducat ion curriculum in Bole sub city of Addis Ababa. The study employed a descriptive survey method. All kindergartens in Bole Sub City Administration were involved in the study through \ wail ability sampling technique. The primary sources of data were 7 principals, 50 teachers, 35 members of parents' committees, and 1 kindergarten education expert of Bole Sub City Education Office. All the principals and the parents committee confirmed that the sources of financial and material resources of the kindergartens were only the monthly school fees paid by I he parents. Close to fifty percent of the kindergarten teachers were not trained, and so, they were teaching in their respective kindergarten schools without adequate knowledge and skills of early childhood care and education which had adverse effects on the quality of kindergarten education program. The majority of respondents revealed that there were critical shortages of the in-and-outdoor play equipment and teaching materials in their respective kindergartens. The malpractices and inadequacies observed in the kindergartens have counted against the effective implementation of kindergarten education in Bole Sub City Administration. It is recommended that the private and community agencies should be assisted in their efforts to improve access and quality of preprimary education subsector. To that end, Addis Ababa education bureau and Bole Sub City Education office should launch systematic follow-up and evaluative assessments of the preprimary subsector and then provide this subsector with required technical and material supports