Adequate Funding: Panacea for Development of Early Child Care Education (ECCE) in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined the benefits of adequately funding Early Child Care Education (ECCE) programme in Nigeria. The paper employed the use of secondary data. The secondary data were collected from online publications and print materials. The paper established that sufficient funds for management of early child care development and education, effective implementation of policies, employment of adequate teachers, provision of infrastructural facilities, provision of adequate instructional resources and effective training for teachers in Early Child Care Education (ECCE) programme and adequate production of national curriculum for Early Child Care Education (ECCE) are panacea for Early Child Care Education (ECCE) programme in Nigeria. . Based on this, the paper recommended that the government should provide adequate funds for the administration and management of Early Child Care Education (ECCE) programme in Nigeria; private institutions and international organizations should provide financial aids to support the development of Early Child Care Education (ECCE) programme in Nigeria; ;managers of Early Child Care Education (ECCE) programme in Nigeria should seek host community participation in the funding of the programme in their communities.