The International Conference on Quality Early Childhood Education 2024 will be held from August 19th – 23rd, 2024, in New Delhi, India, with the participation of global leaders in early childhood education, school and Early childhood center owners, principals, educators, early childhood teachers, and special VIPs from different countries.

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

The themes of the conference will include:

• Early childhood curriculum
• Teaching-learning methods for early childhood education (pedagogical approaches)
• Assessment and evaluation for early childhood education
• Capacity development of  early childhood teachers
• Leadership and early childhood center management
• Quality and standards of schools and early childhood centers
• Research and innovations for quality early childhood education
• Corporate social responsibility for quality early childhood education(CSR)

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

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 to the teachers.

The conference is not a single event. It is a process of upgrading the quality of early childhood education. Live interviews, discussions, presentations, and an online lecture series on STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness will be conducted by delegates and selected resource persons from June, 2024 through online platforms as pre-conference activities. The physical conference will be held from August 19th till 23rd in New Delhi, India.”

At the physical conference, early childhood development teachers and educators have opportunities to receive international awards for their excellence in performance during both the pre-conference and physical conference activities.

On the basis of lifetime service senior Early childhood development teachers, principals and educators will get awards “Excellence service for Quality Early Childhood education”.

The participants who complete capacity development project on STEAM Education will be eligible to be master teachers and master trainers on STEAM Education at the conference.

Keynote speakers and paper presenters will receive awards based on their performance at the physical conference. 

Schools and Early childhood development centers will also be honored with “Excellence in Performance” awards for their best practices.

School visits, model classroom sessions, interactive sessions, and cultural programs have also been scheduled to add color to the conference.

The conference serves as an international platform for global leaders in education to showcase their talents, best practices, and international contributions to upgrading the quality of education.

It provides a valuable opportunity for all participants to build international networks and collaborate to empower their schools and institutes with standards of quality education.

The conference is limited to 100 educators, and selections will be based on early registrations, qualifications, and experience.

The conference is organized by the South Asian International Association for Early Childhood Care and Development (SAIA4ECCD), with the hosting and academic partnership of many schools, institutes, and organizations around the world.

• The knowledge landscape in the world is changing rapidly. With various dynamic scientific and technological advances, Early childhood development teachers need multidisciplinary abilities to overcome the challenges of global society. 
• The gap between the current state of learning outcomes of ECCD centers and what is required for international standards must be bridged through capacity development of Early childhood education for highest quality, equity, and integrity. 
• The STEAM education approach in Early childhood education, aimed at developing children with 21st-century skills and preparing them for a rapidly changing world, is not effectively implemented in classrooms in many ECCD centers. Curriculums, teaching-learning processes, and assessment and evaluation methodologies in early childhood education are not being rapidly upgraded to align with STEAM education approaches and fast-moving global needs.
• Early childhood development teacher empowerment and capacity-building mechanisms for early childhood education need to be upgraded to meet the needs of a dynamic society. There is a lack of motivation among early childhood educators for research and innovations to find solutions and new strategies to address existing issues and shortcomings in quality early childhood education.
• Furthermore, there is a lack of international platforms for early childhood educators to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to upgrade the quality of early childhood education.
• The dynamic service rendered by early childhood educators and the excellence of pre primary schools and ECCD centers are not adequately evaluated on international platforms.”

03. Vision:

Empower 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being in early childhood development teachers, enhancing the quality of early childhood education by promoting STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.

04. Mission:

Establish international platforms and networks for stakeholders in early childhood education to enhance the quality of early childhood education by promoting STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness. Strengthen early childhood development teachers to overcome challenges in a rapidly changing world with 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being, ensuring the sustainability of individuals, countries, and global society.

05. Objectives:

• Establish international platforms and networks to empower early childhood development teachers, principals, and educators in STEAM education.

• Create international platforms and networks to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to promote STEAM education in the early childhood education system.

• Establish international platforms and networks to share best practices in promoting employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness in the early childhood education system to address challenges in modern society.

• Create international platforms and networks to empower 21st-century skills and promote the spiritual well-being of early childhood development teachers. (Spiritual well-being refers not to any particular religious or spiritual practice or ideology but to the overall quality of a human being.)

• Recognize and honor the dedicated services of early childhood development teachers and educators for their contributions to new knowledge, research findings, sharing of best practices, and commitment to quality early childhood education.

• Recognize and honor the dedicated services of pre primary schools and ECCD centers for their innovations, best practices, and educational leadership towards quality early childhood education.

• “Empower early childhood development teachers with comparative early childhood education curriculums in global societies.
• “Empower early childhood development teaching methodologies (pedagogical approaches) for STEAM education and multi disciplinary education approaches. 
• “Empower early childhood development teachers with STEAM education and multi disciplinary based assessment and evaluation systems.
• Capacity development of  Early childhood development teachers for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Empower leadership and early childhood development center management skills among teachers and principals in early childhood education.
• “Empower the quality and standards of primary schools and early childhood development centers”
• “Empower research and innovations for quality primary and early childhood education.
• “Empower corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects in primary schools and ECCD centers for quality education. 

The conference is not merely a three-day event; it is an international project aimed at improving the quality of early childhood education. Numerous pre-conference activities have been started and will be continued till start of physical conference. 

Based on the performance and academic contributions for pre-conference activities and capacity development projects,  early childhood development teachers can fulfil the qualification to be master teachers or master trainers on STEAM Education. 

Opportunities for Delegates Participating as Experts:

Experts in early childhood education can engage in pre-conference activities according to their availability.

They can share best practices, research findings, and competencies with early childhood development teachers in the global society. 

These activities, including panel discussions, interactive sessions, workshops, live interviews, and presentations related to early childhood curriculum, pedagogical approaches, assessment and evaluation systems, teacher capacity development, leadership and early childhood development center management, quality standards, research, and innovations, as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR)

All programs will be broadcasted live on social media. Subsequently, all recorded content will be uploaded to YouTube and educational websites.

These opportunities enable for experts to contribute to global education for quality enhancement in early childhood education sector.

To individuals

• Early childhood development teachers and tanning teachers
• Early childhood development center owners
• primary School principals, teachers, and staff officers
• In service advisors, early childhood educators, curriculum developers,
• Lecturers, teacher trainers, and advisers in the field of early childhood education
• Resource persons in early childhood education sector

To ECCD Centers and Primary Schools

• To share best practices of the ECCD centers and primary schools with global communities
• To add value to ECCD centers and primary schools in international platform
• To get honors and awards, medals, mementoes, and certificates for the best practices of ECCD centers and primary schools.
• To build up networks with global education leaders in the field of early childhood education.
• For academic investments

• To submit research papers
• To publish research papers
• To do paper presentations
• To be keynote speakers
• To upgrade knowledge
• To build up new competencies
• To obtain professional qualifications To share best practices
• To share research findings
• To be a member of international panel discussions To be a resource person in international workshops
• To build up networks with global education leaders
• To build up networks with schools, institutes, and universities
• For academic investments
• For collaboration work
• To receive appreciation and honor for performance
• To receive recognition for dedicated service in the field of education
• To receive awards for excellence in education

Category 01

Early childhood development teachers, Preprimary teachers, Educators, ECCD centers and Primary school principals, in-service advisors, can participate in the conference physically, and showing performance can make them eligible for awards, medals, and certificates.

Benefits for Participants in Category 01:

• Participants can join pre-conference activities as resource persons or active participants.
• Participants can enhance their best practices through pre-conference activities.
• Participants can showcase their talents in STEAM education and other disciplines through pre-conference activities.
• Participants can gain international experience in quality early childhood education.
• Participants can build networks with early childhood educators in other countries.
• Participants can demonstrate their performance in group activities, project activities, and pre-conference activities within the global community.
• Participants can have opportunities to conduct or participate in live interviews and discussions.
• Participants can serve as moderators on an international platform.
• Participants can participate in interactive sessions and panel discussions at the physical conference. Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates will be given under category 01.

Based on the performance in both the pre-conference and physical conference, individuals can receive awards, mementos, medals, and certificates:

• Excellence Performance in Quality early childhood  Education – 2024
• Excellence Service for Quality early childhood Education – 2024
• Change Leader for quality early childhood education  – 2024
• Change Agent for quality early childhood education  – 2024

ECCD Teachers who complete successfully on Capacity Development lecture series and assessment process on STEAM Education are eligible for 

• Master Teacher on STEAM Education
• Master Trainer on STEAM Education

Selection criteria

• Interested individuals should submit online applications under category 1.
• Applications will be evaluated. If applicants have fulfilled the basic requirements, they will be notified by email to register for the conference.
• Upon making the initial payment of 100 USD, applicants can register for the conference under category 1.
• All information related to pre-conference activities, physical conferences, and performance evaluation systems will be shared through the WhatsApp group.”

Category: 02

“ECCD center owners and primary school owners and senior managers, school principals, teachers, staff officers, ECCD educators, curriculum developers, lecturers, teacher trainers and advisers, academic leaders in early childhood education and ECCD  policymakers can apply under Category 02.

Benefits to the participants under Category 02:

• Participants can deliver keynote speeches at the physical conference.
• Participants can present papers at the physical conference.
• Participants can engage in pre-conference activities to be eligible for awards such as the “International Contribution for Quality early childhood Education.”
• Participants will have 8 minutes for their presentations or speeches at the physical conference.

Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates under Category 02:

• Participants can self-nominate for the “Excellence in Quality Early childhood Education – 2024” awards.
• Their performance, academic and professional qualifications, and contribution to the field of education will be evaluated, and awards will be given.
• Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates for “Excellence in quality early childhood Education – 2024” will be presented to dynamic leaders in early childhood education at the international conference on quality early childhood education under the following titles:
  • Excellence in Keynote Speech for Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in Child Development and Child Protection 2024
  • Excellence in Leadership for  Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in National Contribution to Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in International Contribution to Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in Publication for Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility for Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in Innovations for Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in Talk Show Hosting for Quality Early Childhood Education 2024
  • Excellence in Educational Entrepreneurship 2024″
  • Excellence in International Educational Entrepreneurship 2024″
  • Excellence in Global Leadership for Quality Early Childhood Education 2024

Selection criteria for awards under Category 02

• Awards will be granted based on performance in the field of education, national and international-level contributions to the field of education, and academic and professional qualifications.
• Applications should be submitted online under Category 2.
• The applications will be evaluated. If applicants have fulfilled the basic requirements, they will be notified by email to register for the conference under Category II.
• By making the initial payment of 100 USD, the selected applicants can register for the conference under Category II.
• Paper presenters and keynote speakers should participate in three live interviews related to the topic.
• Applicants for the “International Contribution to Quality Education” award should conduct 20 lectures (45 minutes each) on quality education on a virtual platform to be eligible for the award.
• Applicants should participate in at least three panel discussions in pre-conference activities.
• A performance evaluation form will be sent to applicants who self-nominate for the “Excellence in Education” award.
• Details of the performance evaluation form will be assessed by the panel based on their academic qualifications, professional qualifications, leadership in education, contributions to the field of education, national and international performance, etc.
• Self-nominated applicants for the “Excellence in Education” award need to conduct three live presentations online to qualify for awards.
• If needed, self-nominated applicants for the “Excellence in Education” award will be invited for a live interview in front of the selection panel.
• If needed, a live interview will be conducted with the applicants to clarify or obtain more details related to their performance.”

Category 03

1. ECCD center owners and Pre primary School owners and principals can apply under category 3.
2. Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates will be granted under category 03.
3. Awards for excellence will be granted to ECCD center or Primary schools for their performance. The awards are as follows:
   • Excellence in Early childhood Curriculums for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Early childhood Teaching-Learning Methods for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Holistic Development of Children for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Quality Early childhood Assessment and Evaluation Systems for 21st-Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Capacity Development of ECCD teachers for  21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in ECCD Center Management for 21st-Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Quality and Standards of the ECCD Center 2024
   • Excellence ECCD center  with STEAM Education 2024
   • Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals 2024
   • Excellence in Greening Education for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Mindfulness and Happiness in the ECCD center 2024

Selection criteria for awards under Category 03

• After schools submit applications for conferences under Category 03, the applications will be evaluated. (The school’s Facebook page and website will also be examined as primary factors in selecting a school for registration under Category 03).

• If the school meets the basic requirements, it will be notified by email to register for the conference and awards.

• By making an initial payment of 100 USD, the school can register for the conference. One educator can participate in the conference to represent the school free of charge.

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  After registration, a performance evaluation form will be sent to the school to collect performance data and best practices for evaluation for awards.

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  During the school evaluation process for awards, 60% of the marks will be allocated based on the details provided in the performance evaluation form.

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  To be eligible for awards, a school must deliver a presentation on its performance and best practices. (The presentation can be conducted live on Zoom, as a recorded video, or as a paper document).

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  Based on the performance evaluation, the school will qualify for awards, mementos, medals, and certificates at the conference.

11. Registration Fee

Special Notice

• “Only 100 delegates (individuals and schools) will have the opportunity to participate in the conference.
• The registration fee mentioned above is a discounted rate for the first fifty applicants. For others, 25% will be added to the registration fee. Registration will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, please complete your registration in advance.
• Registration can be completed by paying 100 USD; the remaining balance can be paid on or before May 10th.
• The registration fee includes only the conference fee, lunch, refreshments for conference days, and the cost of awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates.
• The registration fee is 50 USD only for Indian educators who complete their registration. (Only 50 Indian educators have opportunity to participate to the conference)
• Accommodation will be arranged at nominated hotels. Participants can book directly or through the organizing team. Accommodation is not included in the conference fee. Double occupancy with breakfast can be arranged from 1000 INR upwards for one nights in New Delhi, India.
• Facilities will be provided for airport pick-up and drop-off. The cost for one way may be around 250 INR per person. This cost is not included in the conference fee.”

• “Early childhood development teachers,  Principals, ECCD center owners,  pre-primary teachers, School teachers and principals, in-service advisors, educators, curriculum developers, academic leaders, educational administrators, and policymakers can apply under Category 01 or 02.
• If ECCD center owners and pre primary or primary school owners participate representing their schools/ECCD centers they can apply under category 3.
• Submit the online application form.
• The Academic Committee will evaluate all applications.
• The Academic Committee will recommend applicants’ suitability to participate in the conference.
• SAIA4ECCD will inform applicants by email of their eligibility to participate in the conference.
• The total conference registration fee, or initially, 100 USD from the registration fee, needs to be paid to complete the application process.
• Applicants have to submit their payment details.
• Applicants will receive a payment acknowledgment receipt and registration number by email after submitting payment details.
• You need to submit the registration form to complete the registration process: https://www.iafqe.org/registration/.
• Registered applicants will be added to the “ICQECE 2024 Delegates Community” WhatsApp group. All guidance and information will be shared directly through the WhatsApp group.
• After registration, the registered applicant will receive permission to access https://www.iafqe.org/portal.
• All guidance will be updated on the delegate portal web page.
• Registered delegates can pay the balance of the registration fee by bank transfer on or before August 01st.”

• with guidance and consultancy of
  Hon. Mr. Aravindh Kumar Arunachalem
  State Minister of Education – Sri Lanka
• with guidance and consultancy of 
  Mrs. Thilaka jayasundara
  Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka  

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