{"id":1881,"date":"2026-04-15T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/?page_id=1881"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:33:08","slug":"early-childhood-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/?page_id=1881","title":{"rendered":"Department of Early Childhood Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1881\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1881-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1881-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1881-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1881-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1881-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">DISPLAY ACTIVITY FOR THE YEAR 2026<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Theme <em><strong>&#8220;Towards Inclusive context awareness and play based instructional materials for equitable access to early childhood care and education in Uganda&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>students are therefore<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparing materials that reflect Ugandan Culture and context by using local environment materials<\/li>\n<li>Using adaptable materials that stimulate cognitive, social and emotional\u00a0 development<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring inclusivity for children with special needs and different languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1881-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1881-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1881-1-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">SCHOOL PRACTICE ACTIVITIES<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>School practice is an essential component in the training of ECDE (Early Childhood Development Education) professionals, as required by the National Council for Higher Education. It plays a vital role in preparing trainees to become competent and effective teachers of young children. Therefore, the students at Tropics College of Business and management (TCBM)\u00a0 undergo the process<\/p>\n<p><strong>TCBM STUDENTS CAPTURED MEMORIES DURING THE SCHOOL PRACTICE EXERCISE OF 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-0 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/student2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jesca2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme &#8220;Towards Inclusive context awareness and play based instructional materials for equitable access to early childhood care and education in Uganda&#8221;\u00a0 students are therefore Preparing materials that&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1881","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1881\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropics.ac.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}