Support Early Childhood Development Caregivers

At the end of 2021, our amazing Early Childhood Development (ECD) team won the Ntataise Championship trophy for their work in ECD. The team also celebrated the graduation of their ECD teachers and finalised the quality insurance and assurance part of our training. Having a strict moderation protocol is essential to ensuring that not only are we providing quality education to those training in our ECD programme but that we are setting up those future teachers to be able to provide quality education in their own right. 

Whilst wrapping up the final administrative details on the 2020 cohort, we are so excited to be interviewing and processing the 2022 candidates for the ECD programme. Once the candidates are selected, a new cohort of future ECD teachers will undertake the 18 months, South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), and Ntataise approved training. 

Watch this space for more updates on the journey of the 2022 ECD cohort! We are so looking forward to welcoming some new faces into a programme renowned for its challenging, fun, and empowering process. The ECD programme focuses on training quality ECD practitioners to fill the gap in South Africa's foundational learning landscape - particularly in under-resourced communities.

Quality foundational education is essential if South Africa's children are to be prepared for a meaningful, and successful, learning experience later in life. Unfortunately, for many young children around South Africa, this is precisely what they will miss out on due to poorly trained teachers and a lack of resources (among other things). Education Africa's ECD team is on a mission to change that with a programme designed to address the realities facing South Africa's ECD landscape as well as overcome them. We focus on training teachers able to create educational resources from almost anything, to change the nature of education available to children in under-resourced communities, and find ways to empower not just themselves but the people around them. 

Thank you for your ongoing generous support, Education Africa is eternally grateful. If you would like to partner with us as we gear up to train the 2022 cohort, please get in touch or use the GlobalGiving platform. 

Links:

• See more about our ECD programme here

Dear Friend of Education Africa,

Hello and thank you for supporting our campaign. We are very grateful and will continue to work hard on our Education Africa Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project with your help.

Since our last report, our students across our ECD centers received their Sesotho and Mathematics fundamental training.  We have seen over the years conducting ECD training that taking the time to ensure our students are strong in their basics is integral to their confidence and competence as future teachers. Our Education Africa trainers have also been busy with the administrative side of our training ensuring that marking and files are kept up to date. This process is also how we ensure the continued quality and sustainability of our ECD Projects.

Part of keeping on top of the basics is good planning. Our training team is also preparing to set up the activities and registration for the next intake of students in 2022. Education Africa places a huge emphasis on quality assurance and part of how we ensure consistency in our ECD projects is the time we take to plan. The 2022 activities and timelines will be a priority for our team for the next few months to ensure we are ready to commence with the new training in January/February of 2022, funding dependent. Though COVID and the broader issues of the ECD landscape remain issues, Education Africa is equipped with the requisite specialized staff, structures, and experience to tackle these issues and create meaningful change for South African children.

We are so proud of the incredible work our training team and students have done over the last few months. We look forward to concluding this year's projects and gearing up to welcome next year's students into our program. 

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Links:

• http://www.educationafrica.org