Abstract:
This study was done to investigate the stakeholders’ perspective of early childhood
education (ECE) in the Kassena-Nankana West District (KNWD). A quantitative
research approach methodology and simple random sampling was used for the survey.
Two hundred and eighteen (218) respondents consisting of 100 parents of ECE pupils,
118 teachers took part in the survey and the questionnaire for the quantitative survey
involving teachers and parents showed an overall Cronchbach’s Alpha of 0.820, which
means the data collection instruments had high degree of internal consistency and
reliability. The study revealed several challenges facing ECE in KNWD such as failure of
the District Education Directorate (DED) to follow through ECE policies and
programmes guidelines, lack of infrastructure at ECE schools, unqualified teachers
handling ECE, large class size sometimes resulting in overcrowding and low level of
salaries of ECE teachers. The study recommends pragmatic actions be undertaken to
address the challenges facing ECE in the district.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2018
