
Enhancing Early Childhood Development through Teachers’ Professional Growth
In this episode, Syeda Saima Mazhar, National Coordinator for Early Childhood Development at the Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan (AKESP), joins Ms. Khadija Khan, CEO of the Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood (PAFEC). They discuss AKESP’s efforts to train teachers for early childhood development and how these initiatives enhance ECD in Pakistan. The conversation explores the impact of teachers’ professional development on ECD, highlights specific strategies to foster emergent literacy and numeracy skills in young children, and emphasises the role of parental engagement in supporting children’s learning and development.