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http://ecde.aau.edu.et/jspui/handle/123456789/553| Title: | Development and School Readiness of Preschool Children in Addis Ababa |
| Authors: | Belay Tefera |
| Keywords: | Research Report |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| Abstract: | The present study tried to investigate the holistic development and school readiness of children attending private, government and faith-based preschools in Addis Ababa. |
| Description: | The holistic development and school readiness status of children attending preschools is not well researched in Addis Ababa. The present study tried to investigate the holistic development and school readiness of children attending private, government and faith-based preschools in Addis Ababa. A survey research design was employed to frame the research and a multistage random sampling technique was applied to select the study participants. Participants of the study were 166 children from 3 private, 5 government and 3 faith-based preschools from upper kindergarten level. The children’s development was measured using Early Development Instrument (EDI). The developmental domains measured by EDI were Physical Health and Wellbeing, Language and Cognitive Development, Social Competence, Emotional Maturity, and Communication Skills and General Knowledge. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics such as percentile, percent, mean, SD, t-test, and ANOVA. Results showed that the prevalence of preschool children who were ready and not ready for school were 76.6 and 23.4%, respectively. The proportion of ‘Not-on track’ children ranges 12 % in communication skills and general knowledge to 35 .5% in language and cognitive development domain. Large proportion of not ready for school, at risk and vulnerable children were from male gender, government preschool and low SES background compared to children who are female, from private preschools and from medium and high SES background. The mean differences in holistic development revealed that there was a statistically significant gender, preschool type and SES differences in children. Implications of the study are discussed. |
| URI: | http://ecde.aau.edu.et/jspui/handle/123456789/553 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research report/ journal article, book/ proceeding chapter, |
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