Training/Event Description

Course Description

 

The rise of digital technologies, combined with weakening traditional support systems, has created new parenting challenges. Children are exposed to harmful online content, while cases of child abuse and neglect remain prevalent. Many parents, teachers, and community leaders lack the knowledge to balance cultural values, digital exposure, and child protection. Consequently, children face risks that hinder their healthy growth, welfare, and overall development.

The primary goal of parenting is to ensure child welfare and to transfer positive cultural values, norms, and morals that shape society. This program also emphasizes identifying best practices and mechanisms that promote child development and prevent violence against children. The training aims to strengthen the capacity of Social Workers, Community Development Officers, Education Officers, Teachers, and Child Care Centre Officers/Managers in applying effective parenting practices and understanding legal frameworks for child protection within the era of changing technology

 

In order to make students /Children to be able to adapt with changing technology in an appropriate way, Mbeya University of Science and Technology is intend to conduct a training to build capacity to the participants on how to raise their children /students in the changing technology. Therefore by attending this training, participants will become agents of taking good care of their children/students with changing technology

 

Target group

Middle and senior-level officers in District Councils, including Social Workers, Community Development Officers, WEO and MEO Officers, Child Care Centre officers, religious and traditional leaders, as well as Secondary and Primary School teachers.

 

Training objective

·       To enhance parents’ awareness of the opportunities and challenges children face in the digital environment.

·       To build parents’ capacity to guide, monitor, and support children’s digital use in age-appropriate ways.

·       To empower parents to instill digital literacy, online safety, and responsible behavior in children.

Course Content

·       Definitions of parent, child, socialization, and parenting

·       Child development and society’s responsibility in parenting

·       Legal aspects of child welfare

·       Roles and responsibilities of parents, children, and society

·       Influence of socialization and parenting on child development

·       Best parenting practices

·       Mechanisms for preventing and combating violence against children

·       The role of digital development in  parenting

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the training the participants will be able to

·       Recognize the implications of socialization in child welfare.

·       Understand the legal aspects of child protection

·       Apply best parenting practices to enhance child welfare.

·       Understand the concept of parenting and the influence of socialization on child welfare.

·       Apply best practices in parenting that promote safety, moral development, and cultural values.

·       Use digital tools responsibly to protect children and prevent violence. Use digital tools to prevent and combat violence against children.

·       Gain knowledge of the legal frameworks governing child welfare and protection.

Deadline for Registration :: Thursday Nov 20 2025