DEVELOPMENT OF NURSERY EDUCATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON CHILDREN’S LEARNING OUTCOMES IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN AREA

This research work investigate the development of nursery education and its impact on children's learning outcomes in Maiduguri Metropolitan Area. The study was guided by three research objectives and corresponding research questions. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of all nursery three pupils and their teachers in nursery and primary school within Maiduguri Metropolitan Area consist of 1470 purposive sampling techniques was used to select two nursery school which comprises of 90 pupils and eight teachers making it ninety-eight (98). Questionnaire was developed by the researcher title nursery education and learning outcomes questionnaires (NELOQ) to collect data with a reliability of 0.81. The collected data were analyzed using percentage and presented findings reveals that Nursery education, contributes positively to children's cognitive development and also affect children's social and emotional skills. It also reveals that help pupils to complete tasks, independently after attending nursery education is important and valuable for children readiness. Nursery education Important and valuable for children before going to primary school.