Development of Ecd Policies From Colonial Period to Independence Era in Zimbabwe
Authors: Shylate Muzilikazi & Dr. Virginia Hope Mawere Zimbabwe
Abstract: In this article, the development of ECD in Zimbabwe is described from pre-colonial to postindependence era. The desk study focused on international ECD policies, Zimbabwe ECD policies ECD programme reports and literature from other authorities in an effort to present progress made since 1980 on early childhood development policies. It was found that a lot still needs to be done to improve the needs of the young children in terms of physical, intellectual, emotional, social, health and safety development nationally. The researchers recommended the following: improvement of dissemination processes on ECD policies to the user system, provision of well- defined ECD policies, consistency in ECD curriculum, provision of inclusive education and child-friendly schools and improvement on the participation of different stakeholders in ECD activities.