Effects of Early Childhood Education Practices on Pupils' Performance in Primary Schools of Rwanda

Abstract: The research assessed the effect of early childhood education practices on pupils’ performance in primary schools of Rwanda, a case of Gasabo district. Given that the practices of schools in Gasabo-Rwanda is apparently not set to provide effective support to the acquisition of the adequate performance for the primary pupils, the researcher’s attention was attracted and aimed at finding out the effect of early childhood education practices on pupils’ performance in primary schools of Rwanda. The target population of this research was 5646 population, from which a sample size of 96 respondents were chosen as the participants either 8 educational leaders (head teachers) or 16 teachers or 72 parents chosen from four schools of 4 Gasabo District and they were sampled using a simple random and purposive sampling techniques. In this research, two questionnaires were administered and collected from parents and teachers while the interviews were administered to head teachers. The findings indicated that even through there were many practice that boosted the early childhood effective learning there are also a number of practices of school stakeholders that weaken the development of pre-primary adequate competences among others teacher recruitment of qualified teachers, lack of educational leaders monitoring of teaching in pre-primary classes, lack of professional development for Early Childhood Education teachers, lack of material delivery and others equipment for pre-primary and lack of awareness about the requirements for Early Childhood Education children including inappropriate nutrition. Recommendations were addressed to the Ministry of Education and affiliated institutions requesting further investment in pre-primary school management by empowering school leaders and raising their awareness on all aspects of Early Childhood Education to facilitate their support towards Early Childhood Education teachers who are the primary agents for the development of early childhood education pupils’ competences. Keywords: Early Childhood Education (ECE), Primary education. Title: Effects of Early Childhood Education Practices on Pupils’ Performance in Primary Schools of Rwanda Author: Ndengeye Aloys, Andala O. Hesbon International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2024 - September 2024 Page No: 123-133 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 02-September-2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13626788 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/Effects%20of%20Early%20Childhood%20Education-02092024-2.pdf