VI guilty of hiring untrained daycare facilitators - Smith
Umoja’s host Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka stated that the early years of any child are the most formative years. He added that the Virgin Islands (VI) is guilty of placing under-qualified resources (teachers) in the area of Early Childhood Education.
The host stated that this is a major problem in the VI.
“Out of the whole Caribbean the VI might be the biggest culprits of putting the worst resources at the beginning of our children’s lives.”
Mr. Smith made these comments on his talk-show aired on May 31, 2012.
Mr. Smith said on his local talk-show that persons within the VI who are without High School Diplomas are babysitting and teaching the children of the country. He added that at this level there should be an older, wiser and more intelligent person with the infants.
“This is a huge problem and needs to be corrected.”
To correct the situation, he proposed that regulations or legislation be put in place that says “if you have a day care centre, you need to have appropriately skilled individuals.”
Smith stated that persons working in the daycares in the Virgin Islands who are in full contact with the children and are responsible for the day to day activities and teachings should hold nothing lower than an Associate’s Degree.
By ensuring that individuals who are hired at the early childhood stages hold nothing lower than an Associates Degree, he stated that a child will be more developed and prepared for entering the Primary School stage.
He added that qualified teachers present at the early childhood level will have the knowledge of how to monitor and evaluate the children on which child is slower and needs catching up or more attention than the others.
“No child should be way behind, because there should be early detections by the skilled facilitators.”
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