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o giving and collecting feedback from others on preliminary report;o strategies for dissemination of the final report to all stakeholders.2.4 The Research ToolsIn line with MPDI’s Guiding Principles 2 and the objectives of the Research , AMANIECCD drafted three research tools that were modified & agreed to by all Teammembers. The tools were developed to collect information regarding1. Background Information 3 on the communities and Primary schools prior tofield visits.2. The knowledge & beliefs about young children’s growth and development 4and current community pre-school arrangements.3. The interest of communities in formal education; children’s readiness forschool ; schools’ readiness for children 5 .2.5 Research InformantsMPDI & SWDC selected 9 communities to be involved in the community fieldresearch. The selection was on the basis that they are representative of the diversityof the communities across the ward, including communities …o with a preschool,o without a preschool,o with a primary school but no pre-primary,o with a pre-primary class at the primary school.The research team agreed that the language of the research with communityinformants would be Kimaasai, and Kiswahili with WDC & District Council.2 See Appendix 1: Guiding Principles3 Appendix 6: Research Tool - Background Information Data Sheets4 Appendix 7: Research Tools – Objective 15 Appendix 8: Research Tools – Objective 24