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One of the ECD teachers who participated in the training during a ‘Classroom Materials Display’ demonstration on day four of the five-day training at Kamaiba Youth Center, Kasese, Uganda.

Grow, Learn, Discover

Tangu Utoto Foundation

Uganda has had the longest school closure due to COVID-19 in the world and as result, teachers and students have been at home with no school activity for two years. With the Government of Uganda’s announcement that school programs shall resume on January 10, 2022, Tangu Utoto Foundation carried out a five-day refresher training for Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers in Kasese District from January 4 to 8, 2022 at Kamaiba Youth Center, Kasese Uganda. The purpose of the training was to refresh teachers on ECD best practices before they go back to class to teach the children. The training targeted 100 ECD teachers from less privileged schools but was able to reach 80 due to budget limitations. The ECD specialists took teachers through a refresher of the following ECD best practices topics:

  • Professional Teachers’ Ethics
  • Lesson Plan & Scheme of Work development
  • Classroom Display
  • Rhymes & Songs
  • Language (Jolly phonics)
  • Material Development
Three Tangu Utoto Foundation staff and the two ECD specialist trainers pose for a photo in the evening after setting up classroom reading materials at one of the demonstration schools of the training. (L-R Alice, Edrine, Bracidia, Jackline, Pamela)

Highlights from the five-day training of ECD teachers conducted by Tangu Utoto Foundation in Kasese, Uganda.