The certificate course in Early Childhood Development Education at Kenyatta University is expected to capture those individuals who are interested in this area but were not able for one reason or another to get higher academic grades. The graduates of this programme will be expected to work at grass root levels and especially with communities in ensuring that prospective mothers provide quality care to young children. In addition, these graduates may be deployed in children homes and in religious and non-governmental organizations dealing with young children.
The minimum duration for the full time residential programme is a period of two semesters and three sessions for the institutional based mode (August, December, and April).