The Municipality of Concordia and the General Council of Education are advancing in a reformulation of the approach of the Child Development Centers (CDI) with the objective of focusing the attention by the commune, through the Secretariat of Human Development, on the first thousand days of life of the children of Concordia, in the stage prior to entering the formal education system.
The Secretary of Human Development of the Municipality, Sebastián Arístide, explained that the agreement currently being defined seeks to focus attention in the CDI on children between 0 and 3 years of age “which is the stage in which adequate nutrition and stimulation play a central role in establishing the neural tools that will minimize future educational failures,” once the child reaches school age.
He noted that various meetings have been held throughout the year with representatives of the General Council of Education and progress has been made on a scheme that strengthens the joint work that has been carried out for years between the Province and the Municipality through the CDI, with municipal staff and provincial teachers.
The agreement being worked on “guarantees that no personnel will be removed from the centers, which would be renamed maternal-infant kindergartens.” He also said that the objective is to ensure that children from 0 to 3 years old have the nutritional attention and stimulation essential at that stage.
He announced that “work will be done to strengthen the training of all those involved in the Conin Methodology to unify the criteria for admission and treatment of children, and an agreement will be sought to establish an incentive for teaching staff so that attention is maintained during the summer months and the school activity recess.”
Another aspect addressed is that four-year-old children currently attended in the child development centers will be received in kindergarten classrooms of primary schools.
The Secretary of Human Development of the Municipality, Sebastián Arístide, explained that the agreement currently being defined seeks to focus attention in the CDI on children between 0 and 3 years of age “which is the stage in which adequate nutrition and stimulation play a central role in establishing the neural tools that will minimize future educational failures,” once the child reaches school age.
He noted that various meetings have been held throughout the year with representatives of the General Council of Education and progress has been made on a scheme that strengthens the joint work that has been carried out for years between the Province and the Municipality through the CDI, with municipal staff and provincial teachers.
The agreement being worked on “guarantees that no personnel will be removed from the centers, which would be renamed maternal-infant kindergartens.” He also said that the objective is to ensure that children from 0 to 3 years old have the nutritional attention and stimulation essential at that stage.
He announced that “work will be done to strengthen the training of all those involved in the Conin Methodology to unify the criteria for admission and treatment of children, and an agreement will be sought to establish an incentive for teaching staff so that attention is maintained during the summer months and the school activity recess.”
Another aspect addressed is that four-year-old children currently attended in the child development centers will be received in kindergarten classrooms of primary schools.