TITLE:
Monitoring and Evaluation for Quality Service Delivery in Pre-Primary Schools in Murang’a County, Kenya
AUTHORS:
Kamau Joyce Muthoni, Ong’ang’a H. Ouko, Kimamo Githui
KEYWORDS:
Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Implementation, Early Childhood Development, Quality Service Delivery, Pre-Primary Schools
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
25,
2021
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