Mitigating_Preschool_Children’s_ Barriers_to_Learning_in_Disadvantaged_and_Ethnically_Diverse_Districts_BaMi

Referring to several policy documents of the Belgian Government on Quality Education (see also 6.4.1, Relevance) and in line with the Strategic Goal 3 of the Joint Strategic Framework of Vietnam, the programme will focus on improving the quality of learning of 3- to 5-year-old children in Early Childhood Education in poor ethnic minority districts in 3 provinces in Central Vietnam: Kon Tum, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai. One result will strengthen the competences of pre-school teachers on process-oriented child monitoring. A second result aims at enabling preschool teachers to address gender, environment and ethnic diversity barriers to learning and participation and to ensure deep level learning among all children. A third result will strengthen the needs-based/school-based in-service professionalization system for pre-school teachers. In each province, the programme will partner with the Department of Education and Training which will set up a Professional Teacher Development trajectory for the preschool leaders and teachers in their respective districts. To facilitate this the programme will build up the capacity of the Departments and Bureaus of Education and Training. Maximizing its impact and efficiency, the programme has mapped out its partnerships and collaborative/synergy efforts, both with respect to local, Belgian (such as PLAN) and international partners. The programme wil run from January 1, 2017 till December 31, 2021.