RENCP ECCD Working Group Updates RENCP General Assembly, 30th Oct 2015 Period: July 2015- October 2015 RENCP General Assembly, 30th Oct 2015

ECD WG Recent Learning Lab to Teach Rwanda and Ready for Reading

Key Priorities for the WG in the next Quarter Finalize low cost/ no cost WCD WG resource pack Organize information sharing meetings with key ECD and ECE Government stake holders to increase member knowledge of updates at National level. For example from REB on ECE and from MIGEPROF on draft Revised ECD policy Implementation Plan

Key Advocacy messages for JRES Continued advocacy for Salaries of Pre- Primary teachers and ECCD Care givers Inclusion of Parenting Education as a strong ECE component for linking Home and School Strengthening Pre- service education Free access to Pre-Primary services for the poor and marginalised

Key updates and up coming activities in the ECD/ECE Sector Evaluation of New Curriculum Materials including Pre- Primary Materials Teacher training through cascade model Validation of the draft revised ECD Policy Implementation Plan by MIGEPROF. Implementation plan has 4 pillars: 1.Parenting Education and Support 2. School readiness and transition 3. Child Protection and Family Promotion 4. Co-ordination, governance, resourcing, monitoring and evaluation

Key up dates continued ECE Costing study ; One of the Key finding -the budget allocated to pre-primary is 0.9% of the education budget Ist Tetero Radio Programme for ECD+F aired on Radio Rwanda on Tuesday 06th October

Thank you!