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Ministry to establish more ECD centres

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare has disclosed plans to establish more early childhood development (ECD) centres across the country. The ministry’s principal secretary, Mary Shawa, said this in an interview yesterday the establishment of more centres will ensure that more children both in rural and urban areas have access to ECD services that will enable them to sharpen their well-being both physically and mentally. “Presently, we have close to 10 000 centres which are in operational, however, our immediate plan is to have ECD centres constructed in each and every village to ensure that all under-five children have access to ECD services as one way of providing a smooth transition of those children from such centres to primary schools,” said shawa. —Yamikani Yapuwa, Malawi News Agency

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