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    Examining Readiness of Children for School in Government and Private Pre-schools In Gulele Sub-city
    (AAU, 2021-08) Wubet, Mesayt; admass, Fantahun(Asso.pro
    School readiness is a process of increasing children’s attainment of a certain set of psychosocial, behavioral and cognitive skills needed to learn and function successfully in school and beyond. The objective of the study was to examine school readiness of children in government and private pre-schools in Gulele sub-city, Addis Ababa. This survey study involved 147 children in the upper KG level recruited by multi stage cluster sampling technique from six (three government and three private) preschools. . Data were collected using international development and early learning assessment (IDELA).This scale has been used to assess the school readiness of children in both government and private preschools. Data were analyzed using statistics such as frequency, percentage, t-test and ANOVA. Results revealed that factors that are associated with school readiness of children were school type, educational level of parent’s, and monthly household income. Gender and children living condition has no significant association with any of the domains and total school readiness of children. It is concluded that demographic variables related with children and parents importantly affect children’s readiness for school and the skills they are expected to acquire to be holistically ready for formal schooling. It is recommended that further research is needed to establish whether there are other factors that are associated with school readines