Kiambu county government has said it will employ 250 Early Childhood Development Education teachers next year.
Governor Kimani Wamatangi said the additional teachers will help improve teacher to learner ratio, bringing it down to 1:34 and allowing for more individualised attention.
He was speaking during the launch of a three-day capacity building event at the county government headquarters in Kiambu town.
Wamatangi said his administration has trained 1,530 teachers currently working in ECDE centres to ensure local learners get a proper foundation.
“Through continuous learning, the teachers will strengthen their skills and secure a brighter future for the children that they are entrusted to take care of,” he said.
“This training is an investment in you to empower future generations of our county and ensure they access good quality learning.”
Teachers undertaking diploma courses will be fully sponsored by the county government.
Wamatangi said the country has since constructed 250 new centres, with another 138 set to be completed next year.
The centres include two classrooms, an administration block, fully equipped playing ground, an ablution block and a kitchen.
The governor said a feeding programme has also been implemented that provides fortified porridge, milk and an egg, driving enrolment from 32,000 to 39,000 this year.
Nancy Gichungwa, the county Education committee member, said it was the first time that ECDE teachers were undergoing capacity building, terming it a major stride.
“The teachers are the ones who establish the foundation of children and deserve to be appreciated, and we request the teachers to treat learners as their children because they are their second parents,” she said.
Mercy Njagi, the chief officer in charge of ECDE, said the teachers were trained on creative arts, mathematics, language, religion and environment.
In January next year, the county government will be issuing five branded exercise books to each of the Kiambu ECDE learners.
“We are giving learners quality education to sharpen their future,” she said.
Njagi said the county government has designed school uniforms that parents should acquire for their children and that the administration would take up the initiative to procure the uniforms in the next financial year.
Education committee member, said it was the first time that ECDE teachers were undergoing capacity building, terming it a major stride.
“The teachers are the ones who establish the foundation of children and deserve to be appreciated, and we request the teachers to treat learners as their children because they are their second parents,” she added.
Mercy Njagi, the chief officer in charge of ECDE, said the teachers were trained on creative arts, mathematics, language, religion and environment.
In January next year, the county government will be issuing five branded exercise books to each of the Kiambu ECDE learners.
“We are giving learners quality education to sharpen their future,” she said.
Njagi said the county government has designed school uniforms that parents should acquire for their children and that the administration would take up the initiative to procure the uniforms in the next financial year.
Education committee member, said it was the first time ECDE teachers were undergoing capacity building, terming it a major stride.
“The teachers are the ones who establish the foundation of children and deserve to be appreciated, and we request the teachers to treat learners as their children because they are their second parents,” she added.
Mercy Njagi, the chief officer in charge of ECDE, said the teachers were trained on creative arts, mathematics, language, religion and environment.
In January next year, the county government will be issuing five branded exercise books to each of the Kiambu ECDE learners.
“We are giving learners quality education to sharpen their future,” she said.
Njagi said the county government has designed school uniforms that parents should acquire for their children and that the administration would take up the initiative to procure the uniforms in the next financial year.
“Our ECDE teachers deserve to be rewarded for the excellent job they have been doing and, as leaders, we need to have a memorandum with our sponsors and the county government so that whatever the teachers request, including finances, they are given,” John Njiru, the Kiambu county assembly deputy speaker, said.
He put on notice head teachers chasing away contractors contracted by the county government to build ECDE centres in their institutions, saying they are working against public interest.
“In the assembly we have passed
laws that protect the ECDE centres
from external interference, including its teachers,” Njiru said
