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Early Childhood Care and Education Quality Assurance Measures in Christian schools of Kaduna State

Duruh Lilian Chinwe, Ejekwu Princewill Okechukwu

Abstract


This study dealt with Early Childhood Care and Education Quality Assurance Measures in Christian Schools in Kaduna State. Objective, research question and hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population is limited to Anglican Communion schools in Kaduna State and the sample size of 924 consisting of the headteacher/teachers, clergy/church officials, parents and graduands in Anglican schools of Kaduna state. Questionnaire and interview were used for data collection. For data analysis, mean, standard deviation were used in the measurement of respondent’s opinion while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used in testing the hypothesis. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. From the results it was observed that, there is quality assurance mechanism put in place by Christian schools but lack adequate instructional materials for ECCE Programme in Kaduna state. It was also found out that the supervision of Christian schools programme by relevant government agencies in Kaduna State is irregular. This leads to poor enforcement of standard across all the schools. Recommendations were made based on the findings which include Establish and design mechanism and tools for tracking quality practices which will be regularly monitored by the stakeholders; Building synergies within Christian schools and government to improve the quality of ECCE and there should be regular capacity building for the quality assurance officers.

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Childhood; care; education; quality; assurance

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