Jackson Emongot, a self-employed elec-tronics technician in Mbale ,used to take his children straight to primary one. He thought there was no point in going to kinder-garten at such an age, especially considering the fact that it came with an extra cost."But I noticed that my children would reach primary five classes without mastering the English language which greatly affected their classroom performance and examination results since they were not able to express themselves in English, the language of instruction," explains Emongot.
He thus decided to take his other two children to a nursery school where they spent three years in baby, middle and upper nursery classes."After completing kindergarten, the children progressed well in primary school and their performance is far better compared to my elder children who did not attend nursery school at a formative stage," he adds.Emongot reveals that one of the advantages of going through Pre-primary education is that it teaches a child how to associate with others.
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