• GIZACHEW ANJELO BOTA
• Chombe Anagaw

The main objective of this study was to investigate the practices and challenges of pre–primary school enrolment on implementation of pre-primary school education in Chencha Zuriya Woreda. The subjects of the study were including 20 parents, 73 teachers, 16 clusters of the schools. The participants were selected based on descriptive survey method of simple random sampling and Availability Sampling Technique used. The data collected through questionnaires , interview and observations . The instruments were pilot tested to ten teachers which were not used in the final study. Mixed methods were used to conduct the study. The study employed descriptive survey research design. Descriptive statistics involving frequency, mean, standard deviation and percentages were used to analyze data. The information was presented using tables, bar graphs and pie charts to facilitate comparisons b/n variables. The major findings of the study were lack of training of teachers, lack of good relationship of parents with teachers, lack of awareness of parents in preparing their children for school, lack of prepared text books based on the curriculum. The study concludes that most of the pre-primary teachers have lacked the training, majority of parents have shortage of good relationship with teachers, and teaching learning materials were inadequate in most pre-primary schools. This study recommends that role of parents must be increased, all teachers at level must be trained, and the number of toilets in pre-primary school be increased because young children are more frequent in toileting than older children.

keywords:-pre-primary, pre-primary school education, challenges, implementation

"THE PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN CHENCHA ZURIYA WOREDA, IN GAMO ZONE.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no.893-918, May 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2005438.pdf

"THE PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN CHENCHA ZURIYA WOREDA, IN GAMO ZONE.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no. pp893-918, May 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2005438.pdf