| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the constraints on enrolment to Early Childhood
Education and Development in Thogoto and Karai Zones in Kikuyu District. The
study is based on both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The
data for the study was obtained from the school records, well administered
questionnaires, interviews and observations .Questionnaires were administered to
36 respondents comprising of head teachers, Directors and Parents of 12 schools
which were purposely selected, 6 in Thogoto Zone and 6 in Karai zone.
The data was analyzed using simple percentages and frequency distribution tables
to answer the questions that were posed by the researcher. The study established
that there is low enrolment rate of children in Early childhood Education
Institutions in Thogoto and Karai Zones of Kikuyu District due to some
highlighted factors such as poor infrastructure, parents’ ignorance on the
importance of Early childhood Education, Parents’ level of education, parents’
economic status as a result of poor climatic conditions among other constraints.
The study concluded that, there are number of factors affecting children’s
enrolment in pre-schools.
The study recommended that parents, local leaders and the stakeholders should be
mobilized to come up with strategies that would enhance enrolment levels to early
childhood Education and Development in the two zones. The study further
recommends that, the government should incorporate Early Childhood Education
and Development programme into the Free Primary Education and Education for
All policies to relieve pre-school parents of the burden they have to bear while
enrolling their children in Early Childhood Education in Thogoto and Karai
Zones | en |
