Quality of Early Childhood Care and Education in Bole Sub City of Addis Ababa City Administration
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2018-02
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The purpose of the study was to assess the quality of preschools found in Addis Ababa in Bole
Sub-City. The quality domains assessed in this research were the structural quality that predicts
the process quality which leads to positive developmental outcome of preschool children. This
includes qualification of teaching staffs, teacher-child ratios, and group sizes of children and
physical environment of preschools. The core intentions of the assessment were to ensure the
status of preschools in maintaining the required quality standard specified by the government
and the challenges they encountered in the process of maintaining the required quality norms.
Random sampling was used to select preschools. Questionnaires, interview and observations
were employed for collecting data. Thirty preschools were sampled and questionnaires were
distributed to 30 principals and 120 teachers. Data collected from respondent were analyzed
quantitatively through using frequency and percentage, while data gathered through interview
and observation were qualitatively analyzed. The findings of the assessment indicated that
untrained teachers were found working in preschools. As to the teacher-child ratios and group
sizes, the majority of the preschools met the standards. With regard to physical environment and
infrastructure lack of outdoor equipment and insufficient outdoor and indoor spaces were
identified. Lack of land resources and shortage of trained manpower in the market were among
the challenges. Finally, discussion of the findings and conclusions were made with
recommendation.
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the quality of preschools