CONTRIBUTING TO THE FIELD OF EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT THE NATIONAL/FEDERAL LEVELS
The Niger Delta Development Commission has brought a lot of hardship alleviation to its people. The aim of NDDC is to establish in the Niger
Delta Region (NDR) a strong and progressive society in which no one will have
any anxiety about basic means of life and work; where poverty and illiteracy no
longer exist and diseases are brought under control; and where our educational
facilities provide all the children of NDR with best possible opportunities for
the development of their potentials. http://www.nddc.gov.ng/projectsandprograms.html
The First Job I seek to do:
A facilitator who creates the awareness of the importance of the early years and who plans programs and events around this created awareness.
Since the organization is primarily concerned
with development of its people, I have the understanding that crucial to that
vision is how we bring in the proceeds of research in Early childhood (EC) to affect the early
years of the lives of our people.
I hope to bring to light this awareness with
the help of promos and jingles on radio, television and on the net. The nature
of this awareness is that they shall be proceeds of research and undeniable
facts about early childhood development. I hope I can work with the Center for
the developing child http://developingchild.harvard.edu/ to provide these information for the good of
the children in our region.
NDDC sees to the implementation of its mandate
by executing relevant projects in the entire region. Projects are
conceptualized, designed and executed based on extensive consultation with
locals, input from interested parties and critical analysis by experts.
Projects are awarded based on their ability to give maximum impact to the local
region and beyond the constraints of allotted budget.
The second job I seek to do The execution of project NDECDI (Niger Delta Early Childhood Development Institute)
While I engaged in thoughts about the state of
early childhood in my locale, this idea occurred to me. I believe that when we
have created sufficient awareness, we can take off with a project. I propose
the establishment of a Niger Delta Early Childhood Development Institute (NDECDI).
The institution shall be concerned with the enrollment and training of early
childhood teachers and caregivers. It shall admit candidates who are passionate
about children, having understood the importance of the early years. This
institution shall work with already established international bodies and other
national bodies external to the country such as NAEYC, NCATE, both in the US to
create adoptable standards. This will be the beginning of monitor-able quality
and accountability
The nature of its exclusiveness is intended to
produce quality early childhood teachers while also fostering the awareness by
demonstrating the importance of the early years through professional teaching
practices in the private and especially public early years program, which the
terrain finds inadequate for now. This institute shall increase access into the
early years and seek ways make it lucrative for more interested people to come
on board.
Finally, I shall seek opportunity with the Universal Basic Education Commission to work as: A facilitator who creates the awareness of the importance of the early years and who plans programs and events around this created awareness.
The Universal Basic Education (UBE) Program is a nine (9) year basic educational program, which was launched and executed by the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to eradicate illiteracy, ignorance and poverty as well as stimulate and accelerate national development, political consciousness and national integration.
It is said that
the UBE program has embraced the early years. According to the home page
publication, http://ubeconline.com/ , the UBE Act 2004
makes provision for basic education comprising of ECCE, Primary and Junior
Secondary Education. However, a critical look at the vision, mission and the
scope depicts commitment to the first nine school years which begins at age 6. UBEC
is yet to demonstrate commitment to the preschool and infancy years.
Scope
of UBE: Programs and initiatives for early childhood care and education,
Six-year Primary Education, and three (3) years of Junior Secondary Education http://ubeconline.com/
The job I therefore seek with UBEC is to create the awareness through education, publications and advertisements on the importance of the early years. It is an advocacy work and my goal here is that early childhood program is given autonomy within the UBEC program. That EC in UBEC be allowed to live develop and thrive as a national successful program.
I have chosen these three opportunities
because they are already existing platform on which the advocacy that I am
making for the early years can succeed if given the opportunities. One or two
things may require fine-tuning, but definitely, collaborative efforts can help surmount
hitches that will make the field of early childhood see a new hope in the
country.
Skills & Experiences I need:
The skill I require for all is knowledge of current trends in the field of
EC, ability to influence policy and communicate policies and procedures to all
interested parties. I require a very strong communication and collaborative
skills if I must reach the policymakers with the understanding of the early
years and do so with the voices of several others in the field who already feel
my plight. I also must be someone who has been working and who is working with
young children and with those who work with young children. I require a B.sc, a
masters or a doctorate degree in early childhood.
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