By Kabageny marion
Masindi
Red earth education center Uganda graduate’s it’s first graduation
Red earth education center Uganda has today graduated there graduate’s in early childhood education Care in it’s first graduation
The commissioner teacher education, training and development from ministry of education and sports Joseph Kikomeko who was the chief guest has today graduated 25 teachers on certificate in early child care which was held at red earth education teacher training institution in masindi,
He told the graduate’s they are supposed to give the foundation to the children they are going to teach he also told them to reflect on the low of learns and must be very kine on that,he also a pilled to the graduate’s upgrade and do their deploma and degree,
The Masindi Municipality Principal Education Officer, Sam Peter Ayebale, has recommended schools start teaching learners in the local language for easy learning.
Ayebale said that when learners are taught in their local language, they understand better than when taught in English.
He also applauded the Redearth Education Centre for championing teaching in local languages, saying it has provided a firm foundation for learners even when they leave the kindergarten level.
Ayebale also applauded Redearth Education Centre for training teachers in both in teaching skills and producing learning materials saying they have improved academic performance of learners in the district and beyond.
He stressed that currently the country is facing the challenge of literacy and mathematics but Redearth Education Centre has addressed it saying that there is an improvement in literacy and mathematics among the learners in the district.
Betty Kyomuhendo, the Deputy Mayor for Masindi Municipality, stressed that some parents believe that when their children speak English, they are bright, which is not the case.
He reinstated that teaching in the local language makes learners understand both inside and outside the class compared to teaching in English language.
Kyomuhendo commended the government for creating an enabling environment for education partners and Redearth for utilizing the environment to improve academic performance in schools.
Robert Muhangi, the Executive Director of Redearth Education Centre, said that the organization does central training of teachers to ease teaching in different learning institutions to see that teachers practice what they learn at their organization and deliver it to the learners.
He disclosed that they are operating in all 98 schools in Masindi district and do consulting in schools outside the district and the country
Muhangi noted that the two-day conference is basically to celebrate the success they have achieved since the organization started in 2006.
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lding of the training school