Gaming as a visible studying assist – Yam Wekre

Introduction

Supported by the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) Facility, the Yam Wekre pedagogical device is a visible studying assist consisting of 302 photos protecting 29 academic themes. It enhances participatory, inclusive, and play-based studying for preschool and early main schooling. By participating kids in hands-on, interactive actions, it fosters cognitive, psychomotor, and socio-emotional expertise improvement. The device is especially efficient for big class sizes and might be tailored for visually impaired kids.

In Burkina Faso, preschool schooling faces a number of challenges, together with an absence of certified educators, inadequate pedagogical assets, and a restricted use of interactive and play-based studying strategies. This impacts early childhood improvement and the standard of schooling offered to kids aged three-to-six years previous. The want for modern, scalable, and inclusive educating options is important to bettering preschool schooling within the nation.

This undertaking seeks to enhance the standard of preschool schooling by coaching 720 preschool educators and inspectors in play-based and inclusive educating strategies utilizing the Yam Wekre  device. To assist implementation, 503 Yam Wekre kits shall be distributed to 360 preschool schooling facilities. The initiative will even set up trainer assist networks and monitoring mechanisms to make sure efficient utility of the methodology. Furthermore, advocacy efforts shall be carried out with the Ministry of Education to combine the Yam Wekre device into the nationwide preschool curriculum, guaranteeing long-term sustainability and affect.

Objectives

Overall goal: To enhance the coaching and educating strategies of educating workers by the widespread use of the ‘Yam Wekre’ image e-book and its playful, participatory pedagogy in pre-school constructions in Burkina Faso.

Project actions

• Training lecturers and supervisory workers in using strange and inclusive photos and their pedagogy.
• Advocacy with the Ministry of Education and its companions to make sure its involvement within the provision of Yam Wekre kits to all pre-schools.

(Expected) outcomes

• The pedagogical expertise of educating workers (supervisors, educators, screens, lecturers) are strengthened.
• The Yam Wekre image e-book and its educating strategies are disseminated in pre-school constructions.

Implementing Partners

Enabel, Association Sœur Emmanuelle – Asmae