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Getting Ready for School: A Child-to-Child Approach
A three-year pilot project began in April 2007 in partnership between the Child-to-Child Trust and UNICEF. It supports programmes in a small number of countries worldwide to increase enrolment to class 1 in primary schools and to decrease drop-out, particularly among disadvantaged communities where children have no opportunities to attend pre-schools. Six countries representing different geographical regions have been identified to participate in the pilot. They are Bangladesh, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tajikistan and Yemen.
The project is implemented primarily through Young Facilitators who are children in grades 5 or 6. The Young Facilitators work with children (young learners) who are about to start grade 1. The Young Facilitators are in-turn supported by trainers and teachers. The Young Facilitators are observed actively working and playing games with the young learners to help them acquire the pre-literacy, numeracy and social skills that they need to be able to thrive in school.
In DR Congo project implementation is well under way in schools. The number of Young Facilitators and young learners involved as of December 2008 is as follows:
520 Young Facilitators
1500 children
115 teachers
To find out more about the programme please contact Christiana Brown, Project Co-ordinator at the Child-to-Child Trust on +44 (0)20 7331 5123 or at Christiana.Brown@ioe.ac.uk
Date: 2009
Source: Child-to-Child Trust
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