Influence of parental education on learning achievement for pre-school pupils. case for Mukuru Slum, Nairobi
Abstract
Early Childhood Education has been neglected for a long time. While the government has
introduced free primary education and free secondary education nothing has been said on Early
Childhood Education. Regardless of very educated educationist and despite many research
carried out on children performance little has been done to improve pre-school welfare especially
the children in the slum.
It is an open secret that life in slums is very difficult. This compounded with domestic violence
which is witnessed often in slums it has a negative impact to the young ones. The schools found
in the slums have not found special treatment from the government or even the society. The
foundation of education in any system is from the tender age hence importance of young children
provided with conducive environment of education. It is for this reason the researcher felt
importance of investigating the correlation of parental education and learning achievement in
Early Childhood Development Education.
This study adapted an ex-post facts research design. The target population in this study included
58 teachers, 180 parent 428 children. The study looked into the parental education influence on
learning achievement in pre-school children. The study also suggested the possible solution to
improve learning achievement in pre-schools in Mukuru slum, Makadara Division, Nairobi
County
Citation
A Research Project presented in the Department of Education Communication and Technology in Partial fulfilment of the Requirement of the award of Degree in Master of Education in Early Childhood Education, University of NairobiPublisher
Education in Early Childhood Education, University of Nairobi
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