Assessment Of Early Childhood Care Education Providers’ Adherence To The Provisions Of The National Minimum Standards On Early Childhood Education

The study was designed to find out the extent to which the Early Childhood Care Educationproviders’ adhere to the national minimum standard on Early Childhood Care Education inOwerri Education Zone. The study adopted a descriptive survey design approach in which fiveresearch questions were posed and three null hypotheses tested. The population of the studycomprised of 541 subjects (96 ECCE providers and 445 caregivers) in the nine LocalGovernment Areas in Owerri Education Zone. A structured questionnaire titled “EarlyChildhood Care Education Providers Adherence to the National Minimum Standard…