EVALUATION OF LEARNING FACILITIES AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CENTRES IN ENUGU STATE

This study is to evaluated learning facilities and instructional materials for early childhood education in public and private development centres in Enugu State. the objectives were to determine the extent to which learning facilities are available for implementation of ECE and examine the extent to which instructional materials are provided for teaching in public and private early childhood development centres in Enugu State. The study used the descriptive survey approach. The study's population consisted of 3,853 teachers from public and private early childhood institutions across 17 Local Government Education Authorities in Enugu State. The study's sample size was 510 respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis with the aid of SPSS. The findings of the study revealed that the extent to which infrastructural/learning facilities are provided in Enugu State was low. However, it was low in public ECD centres, but high for private ECD centres and that the extent to which instructional materials are provided for implementation of ECE in Enugu State was low. However, it was low in public ECD centres, but high in private ECD centres. The study concludes that collaborative efforts from policymakers, educational stakeholders, and community leaders are essential to improve funding, resource distribution, and infrastructural development in public ECD centres. It was recommended among other things that educational stakeholders should allocate resources to upgrade and maintain infrastructure and learning facilities in public and private early childhood development centers