Evaluation of Available Resources for Early Childhood Education Programme in Adaklu District, Volta-Region, Ghana



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Submitted Jan 1, 2022
Published Feb 8, 2022
10.24018/ejedu.2022.3.1.250

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The study sought to evaluate the available resources for Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme delivery in Adaklu district, Volta-region, Ghana. Two research objectives guided the study, and they were to examine the availability of instructional resources for ECE programme delivery and to ascertain the available infrastructure for the provision of ECE programme in the district. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a self-constructed 4-point Likert type scale questionnaire. The study covered 200 ECE teachers within 40 basic schools in the district. Stratified random sampling technique was used to obtain sample for the study. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (population t-test) were used to analyze data obtained with respect to each research question. It was evidenced from the study that essential instructional and infrastructural resources necessary for the delivery of quality Early Childhood Education were absent and in limited supply in the schools within the Adaklu district. The study concludes therefore that the provision of ECE in the Adaklu district within the Volta Region of Ghana is not of high quality. It is recommended among others that the head teachers, the coordinator for Early Childhood Education and the director of education in the Adaklu district should identify other sources of funding like appealing to NGOs, prominent individuals and philanthropists in and out of the district to help provide instructional resources for the education of children in the schools within the district. This would help minimize the inadequacy and total lack of teaching and learning materials within the schools in the district.


 

Keywords: Evaluation, Infrastructure, Instructional Resources, Programme

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