Monitoring and Evaluation for Quality Service Delivery in Pre-Primary Schools in Murang’a County, Kenya ()
ABSTRACT
Monitoring and evaluation of the National Early Childhood Development
(ECD) Policy framework in Kenya which has been in place since the year 2006
accompanied by a service guideline is important in promoting its implementation.
The extent to which the policy is implemented would have a direct pairing with
the quality of early childhood service delivery. The purpose of this study was
to investigate the levels of monitoring and evaluation in implementation of the
National Early Childhood Development Policy framework for quality service
delivery in pre-primary schools in Kenya. Conflict Ambiguity Model of Policy implementation, Broffenbrenner’s Ecological systems theory and Lilian Katz perspective on quality theory were used. Mixed methods research approach and concurrent triangulation design
guided the study. Data was collected using questionnaire, observation schedule
and interview guides. Instruments reliability coefficient was 0.85. Qualitative
data was analyzed thematically and quantitative data was analyzed using
descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings indicated that a strong
relation between monitoring and evaluation at p < 0.001 and quality service delivery in pre-primary schools. The
study concluded that goals of the ECD policy in Kenya of enhancing quality
service delivery may not be realized thus compromising on the quality of
pre-primary education. Subsequently, the study recommended that the county
government should allocate adequate resources both financial and human to
ensure regular monitoring of pre-primary schools in an effort to promote
actualization of policy guidelines in delivery of quality services and
consequently promoting positive child development outcomes.
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Muthoni, K. , Ouko, O. and Githui, K. (2021) Monitoring and Evaluation for Quality Service Delivery in Pre-Primary Schools in Murang’a County, Kenya.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
9, 409-427. doi:
10.4236/jss.2021.95022.
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