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INSPIRING PROGRAMMES AND CASE STUDIES : zimbabwe. Addressing Challenges and responding to local Needs in a resource constrained environment. Presenter:. Kwadzanai R. L. Nyanungo
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INSPIRING PROGRAMMES AND CASE STUDIES : zimbabwe Addressing Challenges and responding to local Needs in a resource constrained environment
Presenter: • Kwadzanai R. L. Nyanungo Principal Director (Quality Assurance- Primary, ECD, Learner Welfare Services, Schools Psychological Services and Special Needs Education Department) MINISTRY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. ZIMBABWE
Integrated Development planning • Government Ministries organised into clusters • Lead Ministry per development issue • Cordinated planning and implementation
IDP (cntd) • ZUNDAF • Partnership framework for collaboration with other stakeholders • Clearly articulated and timeframed national goals and objectives • Measurable programme outputs
Role of Government in ECD Provision and Quality • Policy and implementation framework for a • multisectoral, coordinated approach • Financial support • Quality Assurance structure and system • Stipulation of standards to be met eg. Teacher: pulip ratio of 1:20 for ECDE
Inspiration on Quality Issues • National ECDE curriculum and support materials • Optimal standards for participatory school development planning to achieve the transformation to a 9 year primary school menu(which includes 2 yrs of ECDE)
Quality (cnt) • ECDE Teacher optimal standards Basic skills training and reference materials for ECD paraprofessionals Role of qualified Teachers-In-Charge, Infant Teachers and School heads in ECDE “Learning through Play” focus
Quality (cntd) • Internal school supervision: the Whole School Self Evaluation package • Quality control of school infrastructure development works : Role of mandated Ministries in supporting the education sector. • District Education Offices, School Inspectors and their role in ECD • - Career progression Procedures with career path for ECD teachers within the education system.
Teacher Optimisation • from random workshops to TDIS • The Better Schools programme, Zimbabwe and the local innovation in teacher Continuous Professional Education and Development • Partnership with Teacher Associations– Part of Think-tank • Results based Management framework for Performance appraisal system
Challenges in ECDE Service Delivery: Zimbabwe • Infrastructure: demand vs Supply of learning • spaces and age-appropriate sanitary facilities, play areas -Overcrowded urban and rural schools -make-shift structures, substandard buildings in resettlement areas
Walking distances to school, especially in rural areas • Traffic hazards in urban areas • Equal access and participation by learners with disabilities • The cost of school enrolment per learner per grade • Inadequate resources for school feeding programmes
INSPIRING PROGRAMMES AND CASE STUDIES • 1. Community driven responses : role of local leaders in promoting ECDE and coordinating its development
Ownership through participation: the contribution of community members • moulding of bricks • mobilisation of sand • ferrying of water • labour for actual construction,
Quick Stories • The story of the Nzeve simulation Centre in Mutare , for children who have hearing impairment or are deaf • The Ministry of Health and Childcare in the growth and developmental monitoring from birth , • system for at-risk-detection and early rehabilitation intervention(Children’s rehabilitation Units)
What US $ 50 000 can do for ECDE! • The example of Mudzi District • And lessons learnt on quality infrastructure
What Communities have done on School Feeding Programmes • Policy on school meals • Why prioritise the ECDE? • Government budget for School Feeding • How communities have stretched the dollar? • But: It is not yet enough!!
Motivating schools to strive for Child-Friendliness • School development Planning guidelines for more inclusiveness • Annual Secretary’s Merit Awards for improved schools • The learner seeking school: bringing all school- aged children into school and Show cause why not.
Satelite ECDE Units in the village • ECDE facilities to be established by the nearest school, closer to children’s homes than the main school campus. • Local school administrators to supervise and monitor quality . • It is working well, in many areas.