The article that I read was called Building Community Leadership for Quality Sustainability in Madrasa Preschools: The Case of Madrasa Preschools Post Graduation Support. This article was very interesting because it allowed me to see that people all over the world have some of the same issues of education that we have here. These children in Africa are often forgotten about and often don’t receive the same day to day necessities that our children get here without a second thought and one of those is a good education.
The Madrasa Preschools Post Graduation Support Program (MPP) that tries to assist community owned preschools. They want to make sure that the preschools in those areas don’t vanish and that they continue to serve the children there with quality teachers and support systems for the families. This program tries to offer teacher training and develop relationships with the families so that they can assist their children in developing positive learning skills.
At first training of the teachers didn’t have follow up support so the outcome was not as successful as the Community Resource Team (CRT) would have liked. They have since put into place continuous support teams that reach out to the teachers and the families. They partner with the parents to make sure that they understand what is going on in the program and how to be better resources for them. They teach the families about health (AIDS) and nutrition awareness. The teachers are trained in the development of the children, how the children learn, active learning, and communication skills.
Like I stated earlier it was interesting to find that there was a program set in place in Africa . I wasn’t aware that there was much being done about the children and their education there. I am very pleased. I found that this website had many other areas that you can look into all over the globe that would provide insights on what other educators and community workers are facing in this field. It is important to understand that the fight on education is not ours alone and that we can band together to make sure that all children receive quality educations and support systems. If we can fix our roads we should be able to educate our children.
References:
Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Retrieved: March 28, 2012. http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php
DeWana, it was interesting to read your post. It is great to see that they saw where the program was not achieving the desired results and they went back to the drawing board to try and obtain a more successful result.
ReplyDeleteChildren all over the world are precious and need vital care and assistance. It is for us to champion the cause in our own circles.