Getting to Know Your International Contacts Part-3

Getting help in life can sometimes be a challenge.  However, it is a requirement in various aspects. Therefore, for the last seven weeks, we have been cultivating mutually fulfilling relationships with colleagues in attempts to build stronger bonds, share career tips/pointers, to strive to have a better network and source of assistance while working to change the early childhood.

With that being said, for this blog assignment # 7, I chose to go to the UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education webpage (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/). From this website, I learned that around the globe, everyone is preparing for or dealing with aspects of early childhood education.  In preparation for a high quality early childhood education program.  An insight that stuck out to me on the site was the subject about “the three most vital skills for childhood learning”.

Govind Singh, Council of Pacific Education, Fiji, states, “For a child to work across a huge spectrum of life, they will need life skills, core values and the opportunity to unlock the treasure within.” (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/).

Vutha Lay, NGO Education Partnership, Cambodia, suggested “They need soft skills to be good citizens, vocational skills for employment and basic education to equip them with knowledge.” (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/).

Lastly, Urvashi Sahni, Study Hall Education Foundation, India, suggested, “Children should be thinking critically about who they are and how they relate to their world around them, in a social and political perspective with a focus on peace, equity and sustainable development. They must be learning how to be literate and numerate, be problem solvers and be resilient.” (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/). 

I found all three of these suggestions to over insight on what children really need to learn through early childhood to assist with productivity later in life. Most important, I like that the three different views came from different nationalities, to continue to promote and encourage diversity because learning especially in early childhood education is a diverse concept.

Reference:

UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” webpage (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/).

 

Neketha