CLIMATE change education would be incorporated into the learning experience for early childhood education (ECE).
Ministry of Education director primary education Hem Chand, while speaking during the annual ECE national conference at the Fiji National University’s Lautoka campus, said ECE teachers would be the best agents to transform the minds and attitudes of their students to be more proactive to climate change-related issues.
“Imagine the social, cultural, economic and environmental impact these practical classroom lessons would have on young minds of our ECE students who later become future leaders, policy makers and think tanks of our society,” Mr Chand said.
“If we want to see the current generations of ECE students transform into champions of our environment and our future, ECE teachers have to play a part in their learning experience.
“I earnestly appeal for all participants to consider your decisive roles and responsibilities in bringing into reality our common desires.” More than 300 teachers attended the conference.
