In 2021, VVOB started implementing IT’S Play (Improving Teaching Skills on Playful Learning for Africa’s Youngest) a regional project covering Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. The project aims to foster Learning Through Play (LtP) in early childhood education (ECE) with the main objectives being integrating LtP in the ECE system with emergent literacy and numeracy as entry points; integrating LtP into government policy instruments; strengthening the capacity of in-service TPD providers to train and coach ECE teachers on LtP; and building awareness of key stakeholders. In February 2022, inter-country learning happened whereby a 5-day regional study visit was held in Zambia comprising of both interactive sessions (in Lusaka and Siavonga) and field visits to early childhood centres of good practice, supported by the USAID Let’s Read Project (in Siavonga). Present were ministries of education officers from Zambia and Uganda, tutors of teacher training colleges, and VVOB officers from Zambia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Belgium. The visit was attended by 54 participants of which five were from Uganda:
This report presents reflections of the Ugandan Ministry officials after participating in the visit and makes some recommendations for consideration by the MoES, VVOB and other ECCE partners in Uganda.
