Fired Up Learning | COTLANDS CSI

To create a more equal and prosperous South African society, more vulnerable children need access to quality play-based early learning opportunities. Yet millions of children aren’t given the opportunity to reach their potential —as most ECD practitioners are unqualified or under-qualified. But there is hope, in the form of an innovative e-learning training solution CotlandsIgnite™.

With the help of R408 000 from MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, 10 more ECD practitioners will be able to qualify through certified online training with access to a mentor.

Helping reach goals

An estimated 350 000 ECD practitioners are needed to provide access to the 1 000 000 children not yet accessing ECD services in South Africa.

CotlandsIgnite™ provides an innovative way to address service delivery and current training challenges of access. By offering online training, partially/untrained and new entrants now have an affordable option to obtain an ECD qualification to enter the ECD workforce.

Online learning can also be easily scaled (unlike face-to-face training) and learners can access the course material and mentor as and when required — while benefiting from peer support through a community of learning. It also enables learners to work at their own pace, while learning valuable skills like how to navigate the internet, send emails, upload documents and connect to online sessions.