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The South Asian International Association for Early Childhood Care and Development (SAIA4ECCD) is a non-profit-oriented international association. Its main objectives are to uplift the quality of early childhood education, capacity building of ECCD teachers, knowledge sharing on ECCD, research and developments in the ECCD sector, support for curriculum developments, and parental awareness and counseling.

SAIA4ECCD gives priority to achieving SDG 4.2 which is quality early childhood education.

SAIA4ECCD is implementing its work in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.

The nature of the world has changed. The present world situation is called as VUCA world. Introduced the concept of VUCA to describe the more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous multilateral world.

Subject knowledge is not enough to be a talented ECCD teacher. She should be talented with international standards. The conference will be the platform to build up networks to share best practices continuously. 

International Project for capacity development of ECCD Teachers 

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SAIA4ECCD has implemented the “International Project for Capacity Development of ECCD Teachers,” parallel to the international conference on quality early childhood education. The main objective of the project is to build the capacity of ECCD teachers in South Asian countries with the support of educators in global society.

It has been designed to conduct a lecture series for ECCD teachers in South Asian countries from the beginning of June until the end of August on an online platform to enhance the quality of ECCD teachers.

This is a totally free lecture series for ECCD teachers in South Asian countries.

ECCD teachers can participate in the 

1. Lecture series on STEAM Education for Early Childhood Care and Development
2. Lecture series on ECCD education in South Asian countries
3. Communication skills development in the English language
4. Lecture series for professional development

Lectures will be conducted in

• English Medium
• Sinhala medium
• Tamil Medium

At the end of the lecture series, they can be qualified as a modern ECCD teacher with new pedagogical approaches and newly updated knowledge on new teaching methods.
Early childhood development teachers who participate international conference have opportunity to be master teachers and master trainers on STEAM Education.

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The International Conference on Quality Education 2024 will be held from November 25th – 29th, 2024, in Hyderabad, India,  with the participation of global leaders in education, school owners, principals, educators, teachers, and special VIPs from different countries.

The conference will focus on “empowering 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being in children by enhancing the quality of education through STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”

The themes of the conference will include:

• Early childhood and school curriculum
• Teaching-learning methods (pedagogical approaches)
• Assessment and evaluation systems
• Capacity development of teachers
• Leadership and school management
• Quality and standards of schools
• Research and innovations
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

These are essential areas for rapid upgrading to develop skills necessary for the 21st century and the spiritual well-being of children.

Individuals must face the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) situation of the present global society. The conference will emphasize ways to develop skills essential to the 21st century and spiritual well-being to overcome the competitiveness of global society.

The conference is not a single event. It is a process of upgrading the quality of education.

Live interviews, discussions, presentations, and an online lecture series  will be conducted by delegates and selected resource persons from now till the end of the conference on STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness through online platforms as pre-conference activities. 

The physical conference will be held from November 25th – 29th, 2024, in Hyderabad, India.