Inadequacy of Professional Care-Giver in the Early Child Education Programme in Nigeria: Causes and Way Forward
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v1i8.451Keywords:
Care-giver, Education, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, FundingAbstract
Purpose: This paper examined the causes of inadequate professional care-giver in the early child education programme in Nigeria.
Method: Content analysis method was adopted in the paper. Data used were secondary data. The data were sourced from online and print resources.
Findings: The study revealed that inadequate funding, shortage of tertiary institutions offering early child education programme, poor manpower planning, corruption and ineffective in-service/capacity building programme, poor motivation of care-giver and poor working environment are the causes of inadequate of professional care-giver in the public early child education programme in Nigeria.
Conclusion: The paper concludes that there are many causes of inadequate professional care-giver in the early child education programme which requires prompt government attention at all levels in order to ensure smooth achievement of the aims of the programme in Nigeria.
Recommendation: The government should increase the funding of education in Nigeria and give more attention to the early child education. This will help to improve the production of care-givers in the system.
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