Examining Readiness of Children for School in Government and Private Pre-schools In Gulele Sub-city
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2021-08
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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
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pre-school, school readiness, domains of development, IDELA