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COMMUNITY-BASED PRESCHOOL LEADS CHILDREN ACCESS TO EARLY EDUCATION

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The government prioritized the education sector when Timor-Leste gained its independence in 2002. The Ministry of Education Youth and Sport worked with various organizations of local and international to support education development progress within the country – it aims to bring people, communities, and children access to early education.

Preschool Bili-Ubu is located in Obulo village, Administrative Post of Atsabe, Ermera Municipality. In 2015, Non-Governmental Organization Institutu Matadalan Integradu (IMI) conducted a mobilization to communities and local authorities to establish a new preschool in the community. Parents and local authorities indeed assent to establish a new preschool. They decided to choose facilitators to attend the 10-day training on teaching methodology in Gleno before conducting teaching in the preschool. A few days later, they started to register new children for community-based preschools to start learning.

Community’s house was their first 2-year home-based center for the learning process activities as this preschool was continuously engaged by the School Management Commission members. Then, Field officers, SMC members, and communities conducted a meeting and decided to contribute nails, woods, and tin to build a new center-based preschool. Provisionally, they moved from home-based to the constructed center-based for 2 years to run their learning activities. Alola Foundation supported this preschool from the first until now by doing the monitoring and providing training to facilitators and SMC members. A local facilitator Armindo Maria Horta said; “we feel proud of the training on teaching basic methodology, School Management, Child Development, Child Protection, and Parenting Education. It is about how to carry out children's learning, health, and social relationships in the classroom and help them learn and understand fast. The advantage of given materials is helpful for us to use for teaching in the class and it attracts children who desire to learn more – they can write and read as we use these materials based on the session plan.”

In 2019, Alola Foundation and UNICEF carry out a survey and decided to build a new Preschool for Bili-Ubu. The construction took the duration of 2-year and a half by the tradesman and communities from commenced until finished. On 29th November 2021, the inauguration of this preschool by the Ministry of Education Youths and Sports was participated by New Zealand Ambassador, UNICEF Country Representatives, and Alola Foundation and Care International Timor-Leste.


"Dr. Armindo Maia spoke in his remark, “Today children started to grow more within the societies with various creativities, and even they stay in rural areas. That is why the development of partners in cooperation with Unicef, Alola Foundation, Care International, and New Zealand Ambassador constructed a community-based preschool building in Bili-Ubu to facilitate children from 3-5 years old can be participated in the learning process. In addition, a UNICEF country representative spoke on his remark and said, “To the children of Biliubu, I ask that you grab this opportunity to learn and be prepared for school so that you can realize your dreams of becoming anything you want. That is why New Zealand Ambassador was proud as can work with the dedicated team of Unicef and Alola to construct the building for communities. Meanwhile, the head of village Obulo asked the MoEYS to keep attention to the preschool, especially to the facilitators, when at the end of the Alola warrant, facilitators continued to contribute their knowledge by supporting MoEYSs. Responding to those preoccupations, MoEYS Dr. Armindo Maia said that MoEYS has worked with partners with Alola Foundation to keep supporting the referred preschool as education prepares our future and education is our wealth."

(Source at facebook page; Unicef Timor-Leste and  Ministério da Educação, Juventude e Desporto on 25th July 2022)

Alola Foundation and UNICEF supported Community-Based Preschool from 2015 until now despite the preschool getting its inauguration by the MoEYS. The advantage of the new preschool building that was built by Alola and UNICEF made can provide a worthy place for the children in the community.

- Pedro Babo

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