Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy (JAEP)
Volume-5 | Issue-08 | 255-261
Original Research Article
Integration of Psychosocial and Transport Safety Considerations in the Management of Early Childhood Care and Development Education in Rivers State
William-Yobo Charity Barine, C. M. Uche
Published : Aug. 9, 2021
Abstract
The study examined integration of psychosocial and transport safety considerations in the management of early childhood care and development education in Rivers State. The study used the descriptive survey design. Two research questions as well as two corresponding hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised of all the 620 approved private early childhood care and development education centres in Rivers State, Nigeria. The stratified random sampling technique was used to draw up a sample of 347 head teachers, representing 56% of the population (110 head teachers in urban and 237 rural areas as well as 215 experienced and 132 inexperienced head teachers. One instrument was used for collection of data for this study titled ‘Integration of Safety Considerations Management of Early Childhood Care and Development Education Questionnaire. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was ensured, the reliability of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach alpha statistics. The reliability co-efficients of 0.86 and 0.92 were obtained. Weighted criterion mean, weighted mean and standard deviation scores were used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study shows that to a high extent psychosocial and transport safety considerations are integrated in the management of early childhood care and development education in Rivers State. Further findings showed that there was no significant difference between means scores of the responses of teachers on the extent of integration of psychosocial and transport safety considerations in the management of early childhood care and development education in Rivers State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that private school managers should endeavour to provide safety facilities like close circuit television cameras in the schools for management of early childhood care and development education.