Challenges of Implementing Kindergarten Education Curriculum in Bole Sub City of Addis Ababa
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2020-08
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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
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Kindergarten; Early Childhood Care and Education; Curriculum; Preprimary