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ASSESSMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION PROVIDERS’ ADHERENCE TO THE PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this study is to assess the early childhood care education providers’
adherence to the national minimum standard in Zone C (Idoma) Education Area, Benue State.
Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive
survey research design. The population of this study consisted of 5,999 head teachers and
teachers in 170 primary schools in Zone C (Idoma) Education Area. The sample size was 381
head teachers and teachers drawn from the population. The sample was drawn using simple
random technique. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled
“Early Childhood Care Education Providers’ Adherence to National Minimum Standard
Questionnaire’s (ECCEPANMSQ) was adopted by the researcher. Three experts validated the
instrument and the instrument yielded an overall reliability coefficient of 0.89. The data
collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions
while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The
findings of the study were that: ECCE providers have not adhered to the requirements of the
National minimum standard on the recruitment of teachers, the ECCE centres are not regularly
supervised by the providers, the learning environment is not conducive enough, teaching
materials are not used in line with the requirement of the National minimum standard and also
children’s health is not well protected. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were
drawn and recommendations were made.
Masters Project Topics in Education Foundations
Department: Educational Foundations (M.Ed)
Format: MS Word
Chapters: 1 - 5, Preliminary Pages, Abstract, References, Appendix, Questionnaire
Page Numbers: 106
Price: 5000 NGN
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