Safety Measures in Pre-Schools in Kisii District, Kenya: A Case Study of Suneka Nursery School in Suneka Division

ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the safety measures employed by Pre-Primary schools. The study was necessitated by the fact that everyday, the safety of the learner becomes an issue both at home and at school, In some places in the world, it is a matter of life and death. The study targeted Pre-primary schools in Kisii Central District, Kenya. Accessible population was a preschool in Suneka Division, that is, Suneka Nursery School that was purposively selected, Data was collected through observations and questionnaires and analysis was done through statistical measures of means and percentages. The findings were reported descriptively. The study found out that the safety situation in Suneka. the nursery school was adequate despite some safety practices and facilities that were missing. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the Quality Assurance and SIEandärd~(QAS) office should do more inspections of centers dfféi1rt~j’ ~CCD programmes to ensure that the safety of further, the ECCD centers should as a matter of urgency employ medical personnel so that the safety of the Ieatrfer~ comes first before anything else. The Pre-school stakeholders should also look for ways of funding so that safety measures in the schools are improved. Finally, the government vi should make ECCD programme part of the primary education in Kenya so that the learners can also benefit from Free Primary Education (FPE) facilities,