Adequacy of Teaching And Learning Resources on Enrolment of Early Childhood Education Learners in Shinyalu Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya

Abstract

This study was set to establish how access to teaching and learning resources influenced the enrolment of early childhood education in Shinyalu Sub-County. According to Pestalozzi, formal education within a school is needed for children to integrate knowledge of home life, vocational education, and reading and writing. It has over time become evident that Pestalozzi contributed to the idea of children’s development following a natural timetable, as well as the idea that the environment is an essential facet of the educational process. It was also guided by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system model that described pattern of interplay of different people and institutions to the life of a child over time. Early childhood is a critical phase of life in terms of a child's physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. The study used Ex Post facto research design principles. The design was good for the study because it provided adequate information on the relationship among the variables, that is, teaching and learning resources, and enrolment of ECE programme. The target population was comprised of 449 respondents. The researcher targeted 1 DQA&S Officer at Shinyalu Sub-County Education Office, 208 primary school head teachers and 240 ECDE teachers of the Shinyalu Sub-County, Kakamega County. In this study, the researcher used the test-retest method. The scores from both tests were utilized to compute (r) using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) formula to determine whether the two tests correlate. According to the findings of this study, most of the ECDE centers in Kakamega East Sub-County do not have adequate teaching and learning resources. The study concluded that inadequate teaching and learning resources affected enrolment of ECE in this particular region.