Belize Social Investment Fund Continues to Empower Present Generation for Belize’s Future Development
Over 30 teachers of Kuxlin Ha Government Primary School in Belmopan who successfully completed training in Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Quality Child Friendly School will receive their Certificates of Completion at a ceremony to be held at 3:00 p.m. at the school on Wednesday May 4, 2016.
This means that these teachers are now competent with the skills and knowledge to significantly contribute in making a positive educational impact in nurturing the development of children; the future leaders of Belize.
The training project aimed to ensure that students and pre-schoolers have the opportunity to develop a healthy holistic child socially, culturally, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically and intellectually as well as improve the Learning Environment to provide Quality Primary and Early Childhood Education Services for Children of Kuxlin Ha Government Primary School. Topics covered during the 10-week training included Sensitization on what early childhood education is and its importance, Child Development, Learning through play, discipline, Pre-school curriculum, Assessment booklets, Pre-school learning centres and Developing and setting up a pre-school centre etc.
The Early Childhood Education training project was an initiative undertaken by the Belize Social Investment Fund to empower and contribute to strengthening the education system in Belize. BSIF is government’s poverty-reduction flagship addressing the basic needs of Belizeans through socio-economic initiatives and community empowerment.
Funding for the project was made possible by the Government of Belize as a Sub-Project under the Basic Needs Trust Fund Program 7 (BNTF 7) Education sub-project, Caribbean Development Bank. To this end, a total of 57 participants (46 females & 11 males) received training, the largest for BNTF 7. They included teachers, administration staff, school wardens, cleaner, watchmen, parents and PTA members.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports conducted the training through its ministry’s District Education Center, Belmopan.
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