Abstract

The study examined the enrolment of children in public pre-primary schools from 2010 to 2014 and investigated parents' attitudes towards enrolment of children in Ondo state public pre-primary schools. These were with the view to providing information on enrolment of children in pre-primary schools in Ondo State. The research design that was adopted was the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study consisted parents and teachers of public primary school pupils as well as ministry of education officials. The sample comprised 360 teachers of pre-primary school children and 360 parents as well as 60 Ministry of Education officials. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study. Two instruments were used for the study. The result showed that there was 13.44% enrolment in year 2010, 13.21% in year 2011, 16.76 in year 2012, 20.73 in 2013 and 35.86% in 2014. The study also showed that 16.1% of the parents had negative attitudes towards the enrolment of children in Ondo State public pre-primary schools while the vast majority (83.9%) of the parents had positive attitudes towards the enrolment of children in public pre-primary schools in Ondo State. The study concluded that there has been increase in enrolment of children in public pre-primary schools in Ondo state. Parents' attitudes towards enrolment of children in Ondo state public pre-primary schools is positive. It is recommended that relevant authorities should concentrate on developing and improving school administration, as this will further improve enrolment in schools.