Shavega, Theresia Julius
van Tuijl, Cathy
Brugman, Daniel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Netherland Fellowship Programme (NFP) PhD Programme 2011 (CF7439/2011)
Article History
First Online: 30 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Theresia J. Shavega, Cathy van Tuijl, and Daniel Brugman declare that they have no potential conflict of interest on this study.
: The study was approved by the Utrecht University’s Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences who introduced a researcher to the Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS) in Dar es Salaam Tanzania through a written letter. Permission to conduct a study in the country was issued by RAS. RAS introduced the researcher to the heads of schools, who introduced the researcher to a pre-primary class teacher.
: Informed consent was sought from the teachers and they agreed to participate in the study. The class teacher sought informed consent from the parents to whether they should allow their children to participate in the study or not. Only children who received their parents’ consent, participated in the study.