The Quality of Preschool Education Program in West Wollega Zone, Oromia National Regional State: a Case Study of Four Community Perschool
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of public preschool
education in west Wollega zone in the aspect of quality as input and process.
To this end qualitative case study methodology was employed to conduct the
study. Among the eighteen woredas of the zone two woreda and one town
administration were selected using purposive sampling technique. In each
sample woredas and town administration available / comprehensive/
sampling technique was employed to select the sample of the kindergartens,
Kindergarten teachers, kindergarten principals, and kindergarten education
experts both at woreda and zone education office and town administration.
The kindergarten children parents were selected using purposive sampling
technique. Data were gathered from their sources using interview,
observation, FGD and document review; and analyzed in word
argumentation. Findings of the study revealed that: the kindergarten teachers
and personnel are mostly not trained, all teachers were females with physical
strength and adequate experiences of teaching in kindergarten, lack of
suitable indoor and outdoor learning environment, shortage of human power,
lack of kindergarten curriculum materials and related directives, inadequacy
of teaching and evaluation method, lack of keeping kindergarten records and
reports, lack of supervision, unsatisfactory kindergarten teachers employment
status, teachers failure to create relations with children's parents and lack of
relationships between children's parents and government structure on the
issue of community kindergarten education. Based on these findings, two to
four year training for preschool teachers and personnel in preschool education
with continuous in-service training; and collaborative campaign of the
community and the government structures were the implications forwarded to
be practiced to improve the quality of kindergarten education
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West Wollega Zone the Quality of Preschool Education