Influence of Functions of County Government on Performance of Early Childhood Development Education Teachers in Nyando Subcounty, Kisumu County, Kenya
Abstract
The Kenyan Constitution of 2010 devolves the management of Early Childhood
Development Education (ECDE) to county governments. This was a measure to address
the challenges that bedevilled the ECDE sector due to the national government’s minimal
funding and administration of the sector that resulted to unproductive ECDE teachers.
These challenges included understaffing, lack of professional development for ECDE
teachers, poor remuneration and poor working conditions. Despite the major milestones
realized, especially on access of ECDE since the inception of devolution, various
challenges have still continued to undermine the performance of ECDE teachers.
Therefore, key functions of county governments that influence teacher performance need
to be defined and delineated in order to guide county governments in areas they need to
concentrate their efforts for optimum teacher performance. The purpose of this study
therefore, was to investigate the influence of county government functions on
performance of ECDE teachers in Nyando sub county, Kisumu County, Kenya. The
study in particular sought to establish the relationship between recruitment, training,
remuneration and working conditions and performance of ECDE teachers in public
ECDE centres. The study employed descriptive survey design, a simple random sampling
approach was used to select 21 ECDE centres from Nyando sub-county. From each of the
selected ECDE centres, purposive sampling was used to select 21 heads of ECDE
centres. Equally purposive sampling was used to select Kisumu county director of
education ECDE for interview. This study used primary data which was obtained using
questionnaires, observation schedules and interview guide. Expert judgement was used to
ensure content validity and the test re-test was used to determine reliability of the
instruments. Data obtained during the study was fed into excel spread sheet and analysed
to produce descriptive statistic. Based on the findings of the study, recruitment, training,
remuneration and working conditions are factors affecting lesson preparation and
presentation, attendance and punctuality of teachers. The study concludes that insufficient
recruitment of ECDE teachers, inadequate in-service training programmes, poor
remuneration and poor working conditions impedes the performance of ECDE teachers.
The study therefore, recommends that the Kisumu county government should increase its
capitation for teacher management.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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