Enhancing Visual Aids in Training of Child Caregivers in Day-cares Within Nairobi’s Urban Informal Settlements
As of 2017 there were 300,000 children living in Nairobi’s informal settlements and at least 2,700 informal
daycares run by owners with little or no formal training on Early Childhood Education and a majority with
low education levels. There have been some efforts to train caregivers in order to improve the quality
of their services. Visual aids are inappropriately used in the training of these child caregivers. Studies
show that visual aids are highly successful in any behavioural change program because they aid the