Challenges and Opportunities of Pre-Primary Education at West Gojjam Zone Selected Towns, West Ethiopia

The Purpose of this study was to assess the challenges and opportunities of pre-primary education in west Gojjam Zone selected towns by coming with pre-primary education types (government and non-government pre-primary school centers). The study has used a qualitative method research design to address its objectives; Qualitative data were collected and analyzed. In this qualitative method of the study, focus group discussion (FGD) and a total number of 20 interviewees participated from 16 preschool centers. Participants of the study include preschool education officer, principals, vice principals, teachers, and assistant teachers. From the result part challenges and opportunities of pre-primary education, non-government centers being much stronger than government centers. Despite this, achievements of and opportunities for preschool education in the study area were observed, providing hope for the future. In doing so, some resources are limited in Government centers where as better in non- government pre-primary education center. To have alleviating the gaps, this study also provided important recommendations. Keywords: Challenges, Opportunities, pre-primary education, Government, Non-government DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-10-05 Publication date: April 30 th 2022