GARISSA COUNTY GIVES LIFELINE TO NEGLECTED ECD SCHOOLS

BY ADOW JUBAT

GARISSA County administration has launched an ambitious comprehensive childhood development program to be administered by schools in all the sub-counties.

Governor Nathif Jama has announced that his administration will ensure to avail resources including provision of nutritional food and health facilities at schools, noting such favorably environment will help impart knowledge to new school going children. 

He said 180 ECD classrooms will be built in the county and learning materials put in place in bid to make children’s foundation established at an early stage.

Jama was speaking at a ceremony to dispatch 164 ECD teaching assistant that will be posted to all ward administrative centers.

He said his administration is committed to promote early childhood education, reminding the teachers that they are entrusted to take care of tender age school children with delicate atmosphere it deserves.

Governor Jama also announced Shs 10 million and logistic support to the county education board chaired by career educationist, Maalim Idris Mohamed Farah. The board members are expected to undertake monitoring and evaluation of education process in schools. 

The County education board chairman said that, with all this program and support that the county Government has unveiled; Change has come for younger generation and promised the Governor at the end of his tenure, childhood Education will be one of the legacies that Governor Nathif will be remembered.

“I today challenge all 164 ECD teaching assistants to take greater responsibility to deliver services, remember Allah will judge you if you failed your position" Mr. Maalim said.

The Governor said that as a county , We strongly believe why our KCSE and KCPE results are not likable is because we have poor ECD and Education framework that gives the much needed foundation to our boys and girls at an earlier age.

"In order to achieve our educational goals and promote childhood education, I direct, The County Executive of education and other county education stakeholders to come up with a legal framework that will guide and support early childhood education in our County."  Said Jama 

In the supplementary budget said the governor, his administration will recruit 200 more ECD teaching assistant to improve education standards from the scratch.

Meanwhile, County executive in-charge of education, Mr. Hussein Hajjir urged the ECD assistant teachers to be good ambassadors for his ministry and be part of the moving train that will solve poor education foundation not only in Garissa, but the entire country.