By Tawina Kuluweya
Mzuzu, November 20, Mana: Church of Central. African Presbyterian (CCAP) Synod of Livingstonia in alignment with its Early childhood development (ECD) program on Tuesday graduated 30 caregivers and six mentors from Nkhatabay after three weeks of training in Early Childhood Development (ECD) at St. Andrews CCAP Church in Mzuzu.
Speaking at the event General Secretary for CCAP Synod of Livingstonia, Reverend William Tembo highlighted on the importance of the ECD program saying it helps to raise a responsible generation.
“As a nation we have to start preparing the younger generation so they can be mentored, have good manners and be responsible citizens at a tender age”
Tembo also thanked World Vision and the government for supporting the synod in its ECD programs
“As a synod we thank the government and World Vision for supporting the ECD programs in an effort to improve the quality of early childhood education in Malawi”.
In her remarks, Chief Child Affairs Officer in the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Martha Namalomba who was the guest of honor at the ceremony thanked all caregivers in the country and advised them to preach the importance of early childhood education
“As a ministry we would like to thank our partners, child protection officers and all the caregivers as they are doing a good job in making sure that our children are getting quality education, we also encourage them to teach the parents the importance of ECD.
She said government is trying to motivate the caregivers by giving them an honorarium.
“As government we have started giving the caregivers an honorarium in order to motivate them so that they work with confidence. As of now, 2000 caregivers in the country are already on the payroll and we are looking forward to adding more” Namalomba said.
One of the graduates, Janet Mamba who has been teaching in nursery school for over 23 years said she has learnt a lot from the training which will benefit her and she will also teach her fellow teachers.
