The Impact of Free Primary Education On Early Childhood Development in Ongoche Primary School, Migori District Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENT

·DECLARATION: ............................................................................................................... ii

APPROVAL ...................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................. iv

DEDICATION ..................................................................................................................... v

ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................... ; ............................... vi

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ vii

LIST OF CHARTS ................................................... , ................................... .' .................. viii

Chart 1: Who pays the teacher's salary? .......................................................................... viii

Chart 2: Teachers changing the profession because ofFPE ............................................ viii

Chart 3: Due to FPE, resource allocation to ECDEC's has decreased ............................ viii

ABSTRACT .. .................................................................................................................... ix

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................. 1

1.0Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1

1. 1 Background to the study ................................................................. , .............................. 1

1.2 Statement ofthe problem ............................................................................................... 2

1.3 Objectives to the study ................................................................................................... 2

1.4 Research questions ......................................................................................................... 3

1.6 Significance of the study ............................................................................................... 3

The study is significant in the following ways: ................................................................... 3

1.7 Definition ofterms ......................................................................................................... 4

1.8 Theory ............................................................................................................................ 5

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................. 6

LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................... 6

2.0 Introduction .................. .................................................................................................. 6

2.1 Impact of FPE on early childhood education ................ .............. .................................. 6

2. 1.1 Enroln1ent for pupils ...................... ............................................................................. 6

2.1.2 Teachers salary ...................................................... .................. ... ................................ 6

2.1.3 Resource allocation .................. .. .. .. .. ; .. ....................................... , ................ ................ 7

2. 1.4 Government inspection ............................................................................................... 7

2.2 Policies to handle the problems of free primary education in Kenya ............................ 7

CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................ .' .... : ........................... 9

RESEARCI-f METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................ 9

3. l. Deais;r1 , ................... ............... ................ ................................ , , ....... :. ,, .. ,, ....................... 9

3.2. Environment .......... , ............. , .. , ..... ,,.,,,,,,,, .... , .. ............................. ,, ...... 1., ,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, , .. ,,.,,9

3.3. Respondents .......... ..... ............................................. ........................ ,, .... ........... ............. 9

3.5. Data collection procedure .. ........... ........ ... .... , ......................................... ....................... 9

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3.6. Statistical treatment of data ........ : ............................................................................... 1 0

CHAPTER FOUR ................... ....... ................................. .................................................. 11

FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS .......................................................................... 11

4.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. II

4.3.4 Government inspection ............................................................................................. 23

4.3.5 Policies in Kenya ...................................................................................................... 25

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................... 27

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................... 27

5.0. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 27

5.2. Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 28

5.3 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 28

Age ..................................................................................................................................... 32

Educational background ................................................................................... , ................. 32

Resource allocation ............................................................................................................ 35

Policies ........................................................................................ ....................................... 38

TIME SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................ 40

Date .................................................................................................................................... 40