SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNERS: A CASE STUDY OF KAPTICH ZONE, KAPYEGO DIVISION, MARAKWET EAST DISTRICT

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out how Socio Economic changes in child rearing

i.e. employment, poverty and HIV/AIDS have affected child academic

performance. The researcher wished to find out the importance of teaching

learning materials to the child and how an E.C.D.E teacher had a great impact on

the development and performance of the child.

Stratified sampling and random sampling techniques were used in this research

so that each individual was given the same chance of being included in the

sample. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The number of

participants involved was sixty.

The results indicated that the ECDE teacher had a great impact on the

development and performance of the child, despite the varied child rearing

practices. The results also revealed that children who were given a variety of

attractive materials discovered and explored for themselves and remembered

what they had learnt easily.

From the results children should be given the basic needs so as to develop

holistically and perform well in class. The researcher wished to recommend that

the parents should spare sometime for their children, use their resources to

provide the basic needs to the child and appreciate the role of the ECDE teacher

and caregivers by paying them well.

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