This  study  aims  to  identify  the  relationships  between  influencing  factors  and  critical  thinking  skills  among  undergraduates  of  early  childhood  education  in  public  tertiary  institutions.  The  study also  analyses the  contribution of the  influencing  factors towards  critical thinking  skills.  Quantitative  approach  with  survey research  design  was  adopted for   this  study.  A  number  of  226  undergraduates  who  enrolled  in  early  childhood education   programme  from public  tertiary  institutions  were  chosen  as  the  respondents. Data  were   analysed  using  descriptive  and  inferential analyses.  The  descriptive  analysis explained  the   level  of critical thinking  skills  and  the  influencing  factors  of the  critical thinking  skills. The inferential statistics which involved Pearson correlation and multiple regression   analyses  explained  .....

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