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Developing Capacity of Service Providers Involved in Pre-school Programme

The objective of this activity was to develop the capacity of service providers who are directly involved in pre-school program (teachers and supervisors) in different NGO's on quality early childhood care and education. After the training, the trainees would be able to Explain the process of child development, Identify the ways of how children learn, Recognize play as main way of children's learning, Explain developmentally appropriate pre-school program, Arrange child-friendly environment in pre-school centers, Play and do different activities with children, Manage children maintaining positive ways of disciplining children, Identify the importance of story telling and Adapt different ways of story telling including the traditional way. 80 service providers and teacher trainers were trained in 4 batches in 2005.

Developing Pre-Primary Teachers Guides on ECCE

Following the previous activity (Developing Capacity of Service Providers), three teacher guides were developed. The guides are on child development, pre-primary school programmes, and games & toys. Three guides are based on ECCE concepts UNESCO promotes. Most of care givers at pre primary school are adolescents or young teachers. All guides are designed reader friendly for easy understanding of the basic concepts. All guides will be published and launched in early 2006 and distributed ECCE implementers and stakeholders through the national network.