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    Quality Assurance Processes and Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Centres in Ekiti State
    (The Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2022) AKINOLA, Oluwatoyin, Bolanle
    The study identified the quality assurance processes used in Ekiti State Early Childhood Education Centres. It determined the frequency of use of the processes in the centres by location. It also investigated the level of policy implementation in Early Childhood Education Centres in Ekiti State (compliance with minimum standard and curriculum) and ascertained the adequacy of quality assurance processes for effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Centres in the study area. These were with a view to providing empirical information on the quality assurance processes and the effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Centres (ECECs) in Ekiti State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised all early childhood education centres, their administrators and teachers/ caregivers in Ekiti State. Sample consisted of 30 head teachers and 60 kindergarten care givers selected using multi stage sampling procedure. From each of the three Senatorial Districts in Ekiti State, simple random sampling technique was used to select two Local Government Areas (LGAs). From each of the six LGAs, three public schools and two government approved private schools were randomly selected. The head teachers and two teachers who had worked for at least a year in the schools and their particular classes were selected as sample. Two research instruments: Quality Assurance Processes Observation Scale (QAPOS) and Quality Assurance for Early Childhood Education Effectiveness Interview Guide (QQAECEEIG), were used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analysed using frequency counts and percentages. The results showed that the quality assurance processes used in Ekiti State early childhood education centres were internal supervision by Head caregivers; external supervision/monitoring by Federal Government Officials, Universal Basic Education Council Officials (UBEC); State. Universal basic Education Officers (SUBEB); Local Government Area Education Officers (LGAEO); and Professional Development of Teachers (PDT). The results showed that internal supervision by the head teachers was the most frequently used (33%) quality assurance process in Ekiti State Early Childhood Educational Centres; this was followed by external monitoring by LGAE Officers (23%); then professional development of teachers (22%) and monitoring by SUBEB Officers (20%). The least used quality assurance process was monitoring by UBEC Officials, which was rarely used (2%). The results also showed that the level of policy implementation was moderate (52.4%) for compliance with minimum standards and very high (70%) for use of prescribed curriculum in early childhood education centres in Ekiti State. The results further showed that quality assurance processes for effectiveness of early childhood education centres were adequate (62.5%). The study concluded that quality assurance processes had positive influence on the effectiveness of early childhood education centres (ECECs) in Ekiti State.