Delivery of libraries completed to 900 preschools
Meanwhile, on 4 March 2011, in Rrenc (Shkodra) the Ministry of Education and Science, the Institute of Education, the Regional Education Directorate in Shkodra, and UNICEF launched the teacher training component of the initiative. 900 teachers will be oriented on improved pedagogical practices and use of active learning methods in preschool. Under a previous component, more than 1400 compulsory schools received libraries with books for older children.
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“Albania Reads”, a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and Sciences and UNICEF, and supported non-government partners, promotes reading and quality pre-school education for Albanian children. The project has been generously supported by private businesses in and out of Albania. IKEA, AMC, Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, AC Milan, the National Committees for UNICEF and others joined up to bring books to children. In March 2011, 943 kindergartens have been equipped with libraries and quality books for young children. Endpoint delivery has been controlled with GPS equipped cameras and can be viewed on Google Earth, identifying each single building. 