Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has trained early childhood caregivers in Salima District to promote access to quality early childhood development education.
Speaking on Monday during the opening of a three-day training, TUM programmes coordinator Pilirani Kamaliza said they are implementing a pilot phase of early childhood education (ECE) project in Salima, Dedza and Lilongwe to enhance capacity to child educators and caregivers.
the training. | Lovemore Khomo
He said: “We have embarked on a pilot project for this year that will feed into a longer project for 2027-2031, designed to promote access to quality early childhood education.
“The training seeks to build their knowledge and skills on how to use play methodologies in our early childhood education and how to develop learning materials from locally available resources.”
Kamaliza said they noted through their research that some caregivers were untrained and the majority is not on government payroll.
Salima district principal education officer Eliam Banda commended TUM for organising the training.
He said: “TUM and the government are partners in education and share the same vision in improving the standard of education across the country.
“So, this training is important
to complement government’s efforts to improve early childhood education.”
One of the participants, Eliness Banda from Bitchayi Early Childhood Education Centre, said the training will build her capacity to handle children well.
“Some of us lacked opportunities to undergo such training,” she said.
TUM is implementing the project with support from Danish Union of Early Childhood Teachers
