NAGA CITY, May 26 (PNA) -- Some 375 day care workers from the different towns in Camarines Sur attended last week the two-day Seminar-Workshop on Classroom Management in Day Care Centers and Orientation on the News Standards for Center-Based (ECCD) programs sponsored by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Regent Hotel in here.
The seminar aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of the day care workers and ensure standard implementation of the Day Care Services and other ECCD Programs.
DSWD Bicol regional director Remia T. Tapispisan said the department as mandated by law is responsible for regulating the quality of these programs for children through various centers operated by local government agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations, and other private individuals.
Tapispisan said that children are the ultimate beneficiaries of the Standards for Day Care and other ECCD centers and its service providers thus, these shall ensure that children from birth to age six receive consistently high-quality of education so that they can develop their fullest potential.
She cited the importance of the day care workers considering that the early years of a child's life is the most critical period, which influences chances of survival, subsequent growth, and development.
"The way they handle the children under their care would definitely contribute to the kind of adult the country will have," she said.
The two days activity was sponsored by the Camarines Sur chapter of the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines Inc., in partnership with the DSWD Field Office 5 in coordination with the province's different local government units. (PNA)