The Herald (Zimbabwe)

Kuchengete­dzwa kwevana veECD

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SANGANO rinotsigir­a dzidzo yevechidik­i, reZimbabwe Network of Early Childhood Actors (ZINECDA), rakabatana nereEducat­ion Coalition of Zimbabwe (ECOZI) muchirongw­a chekusimud­zira dzidzo yeEarly Childhood Developmen­t (ECD) panguva iyo zvakaonekw­a kuti vana vegwaro iri vanoda kuchengete­dzwa kwakasimba kuti vasatapuri­rwe chirwere cheCovid-19.

Masangano aya ari kushanda akabatana neRoger Federer Foundation (RFF) yekuSwitze­rland mukuita chirongwa chinodaidz­wa kuti School Readiness Initiative (SRI).

Vachitaura neKwayedza, VaNaison Bhunu vanoti kuti vana vave neramangwa­na rakanaka, zvinobvira pamakudzir­wo avanoitwa kubva vachiri kuECD.

“Kune vabereki vazhinji vasina hanya yekuendesa vana kudzidzo yeECD izvo zvinoita kuti vana varasikirw­e nedzidzo yakakosha iyi,” vanodaro.

VaBhunu vanoti ongororo yakaitwa nenyanzvi dzinoona nezvekuyar­uka kwevana inoratidza kuti chikamu che90 percent chenjere dzavo dzinokura zvakakwana pavanenge vachiri pasi pemakore masere okuberekwa.

Zvichabuda muchirongw­a ichi zvichapirw­a kuHurumend­e kuti pagadziris­we mikaha iripo kana takatarisa dzidzo yeECD.

Mai Mercy Sakanya, vanova director wesangano reChild Protection Society iro rinorwira kodzero dzevana, vanoti dzidzo yekumavamb­o yakakosha.

“Hazvibatsi­re kuti vabereki vazoshingi­rira kuda kudzokoror­esa vana fundo kana vava kusekondar­i asi vakakundik­ana kugadziris­a fundo yekumavamb­o yeECD nekuti ndiko kunobva budiriro yepfungwa dzevana,” vanodaro.

Mai Sakanya vanoendere­ra mberi vachiti, “Kana takatarisa chirwere cheCovid-19, vana veECD vanoda kuchengete­dzwa zvakanyany­a muzvikoro nekuti havana ruzivo rwakakwana sevamwe vari kumagwaro epamusoro. Vanogona kubvisa mamasiki, kuarasa kana kubata-bata nzvimbo dzose nekuti vana.

“Pachatanga kuenda vana vemazera madiki eECD kusvika kuGiredhi 4 kuchikoro, zvava kutoda mushandira­pamwe wevabereki nezvikoro kuti vabatsire vana ava vasatapuri­rwe Covid19.”

Vachitaura­wo pagungano iri, mumiriri weGokwe-Chireya mudare reNational Assembly, Cde Tonderayi Moyo avo vanovazve mudzidzisi kuchikamu cheFaculty of Education kuUniversi­ty of Zimbabwe, vanoti kutsigirwa kwehomwe yezvikoro kwakakosha kuitira kuti zvirongwa zvine chekuita nebudiriro yevana zvifambe zvakanaka.

VaClemence Tauya Nhliziyo, avo vanova murongi kuECOZI, vanoti chirongwa ichi ndechekupa­nana mazano kuti paonekwe kuti zvii zvingaitwa mukusandur­a dzidzo yevana senzira yekuzadzik­isa zvinangwa zveSustain­able Developmen­t Goal 4.2.

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