www.eccd.lk is being developed to build a network with all stakeholders in the early childhood care and development (ECCD) sector to create a better future for our kids in the motherland.
It is a pleasure to invite all of you to be active collaborative partners in empowering our children with 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being. We warmly welcome your ideas, openings, suggestions, as well as guidance and supervision to maintain this website as a highly productive resource for stakeholders in the ECCD sector.” share your ideas in eccdlk@gmail.com
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Welcome to the Early Childhood Care and Development Sector in Sri Lanka to work together to achive SDGs 4.2 which is, By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education.
“The best education does not happen at a desk, but rather engaged in everyday living – hands on, exploring, in active relationship with life.”
– Vince Gowmon
Early childhood education is not about training children to write letters or memorize the names of things. It should focus on developing children’s creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication skills. To achieve this, teachers should stay updated with modern knowledge. Not only the teachers, but parents also should be updated with modern approaches.
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I’m making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return. J. B. Pritzker
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Become a Certified Child Care Giver (NVQ Level 4)
Free Training Opportunity
In Sri Lanka, operating a registered day care center requires a recognized professional qualification in child care giver. The National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 4 – Child Care Giver certification is the officially accepted qualification for this purpose.
Educators with a minimum of four years of experience as a preschool teacher are eligible to apply directly for the NVQ Level 4 Child Care Giver examination under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) pathway. To succeed, candidates must demonstrate both strong theoretical knowledge and practical competency in child care.
To support aspiring candidates, the Early Childhood Development Unit/ Authorities in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with SAIA4ECCD, is offering a free lecture series. This program is designed to provide comprehensive training covering all theoretical and practical components required for the NVQ Level 4 certification.
More Details: https://eccd.lk/childcaregiver/
International Conference on Quality Education, 2025
“Capacity Development, Conferences, Networking, Expos,
School Visits, Sightseeing, and Awards on SDGs for
Quality Early Childhood and School Education”
August 10th – 15th, 2025 – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India..
The International Conference on Quality Education 2025 will be held from August 10th to 15th, 2025, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with the participation of global leaders in education, school owners, principals, educators, teachers, and distinguished VIPs from around the world.
The primary objective of this conference is to enhance the quality of early childhood, primary, and secondary education by empowering STEAM education, employability skills, entrepreneurship skills, green education, and mindfulness—aiming to build multi-talented global citizens equipped with 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being.
Key themes of the conference will include early childhood and school curriculum development, teaching-learning methodologies, assessment and evaluation systems, capacity building for educators, leadership and school management, green education, quality standards in education, research and innovation in education, special education and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in education
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.
This conference is not a one-time event but rather part of an ongoing process aimed at upgrading the quality of education worldwide.
Leading up to and during the event, live interviews, panel discussions, presentations, and an online lecture series will be conducted by international delegates and selected resource persons.
Educators from various countries will participate as keynote speakers, presenters, and facilitators. They will share research findings, best practices, and expert insights to improve educational quality. Based on their contributions in pre-conference activities and conference sessions, participants will be recognized with medals, mementos, and special awards, presented by distinguished VIPs from Sri Lanka.
The conference is organized by the International Association for Quality Education, in collaboration with the Peace Welfare Foundation (Mumbai, India), Dayananda Sagar University (Bengaluru, India), and EBCS Public School (Bangladesh), with the support of various organizations, institutions, and schools from the global education community.
More Details: https://www.iafqe.org/conference
Apply Online: https://www.iafqe.org/application
“Excellence in Performance in Quality Early Childhood Education 2026”
International ECCD Awarding Ceremony
January, 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
“Excellence in Performance in Quality Early Childhood Education 2026”
International ECCD Awarding Ceremony
May, 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The “Excellence in Performance in Quality Early Childhood Education 2026” International ECCD Awarding Ceremony will be organized by SAIA4ECCD in collaboration with the Early Childhood Development Units/Authorities. The event is scheduled to take place in January 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The objective of this event is to appreciate and honor preschool teachers who have successfully implemented STEAM education and modern teaching methods in their ECCD centers in 2025.
Teachers who have shared their activities in the Facebook group “STEAM Education in South Asian Countries” (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ipfcdofteachers) are eligible to apply for the award ceremony. Based on the quantity and quality of the activities shared, teachers will be honored with awards, medals, and certificates in recognition of their outstanding performance in 2025.
2025 Memories
උත්තම ගුරු අභිනන්දන පූජා – 2026 කාන්තා දින සැමරැම් උත්සවය
මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර් ධන ගුරුවරියන්ට උපහාර පිදීමේ මහෝත්සවය
2026 මාර් තු මස 8.00 වන දින පෙ.ව. 10.00 සිට ප. ව. 2.00 දක්වා
සෑම වසරකම මාර් තු මස 08 වන දින ලොව පුරා විසිරි සිටින මිලියන ගනනක් වු කාන්තාවන්ට සුවිශේෂී දිනයකි. එය ඔවුනගේ දිනයයි. ඔවුනගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් අන්තර් ජාතික වශයෙනුත් ජාතික වශයෙනුත් බහුල බහුල ලෙස කථා කරන දිනයයි. ඇය ලොකයේ ජීවනාලියයි. හිරැ කිරණ සේ ම ඇයගේ දහඩිය මුසුව ගලා යන ශ්රමය, ආදරය, කරැණාව ලෝකයේ ජීවයයි.
මවක්, ගෘහණියක්, දියණියක් සේ අයගේ ජීවිත භූමිකාවන්ට අමතරව ඇය වෘත්තිකයෙකු ලෙස තම ශ්රමය වගුරවමින් ආර් ථික ප්රවාහයට බද්ද වී සිටින්නීය. සංස්කෘතිය ඊළග පරපුරට දායාද කරන වාහකයා ද ඇයයි. පවුල තුළ සිට මහ සමාජය දක්වා සමාජ සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කේන්දීය භූමිකාවල වගකීම් සැම විටම ඇය හිස මතය. ඇයගේ කළමණාකරණය සුවිශේෂය ය. ඉවසීම ද සුවිශේෂ ය. කැපවීම ද සුවිශේෂ ය. පරිත්යාගය ද සුවිශේෂ ය.
නමුත් සමාජය තුළ ඇයට හිමි නිසි තැන, නිසි වටිනාකම හිමි ව ඇත් ද යන්න සැම දා සැම තැන ඇති සමාජ කථිකාවතකි. 2026 ලෝක කාන්තා දින තේමා පාඨය ” “ යන්න යි.
2026 වසරේ කාන්තා දිනයට සමගාමීව දිවයින පුරා දැයේ මුල් ළමාවිය දරැවන්ගේ දෙවැනි මවුන් වෙමින් තම කාලය, ශ්රමය, දහඩිය මුසු කරමින් ජාතියක් ගොඩ නගන්නට වෙර දරන දැයේ මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර්ධන කාර් යෙහි නිරත වන පෙර පාසල් ගුරැවරියන්ට උපහාර පිදීම අරමුණු කරගෙන “උත්තම ගුරැ අභිනන්දන පූජා – 2026” මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර් ධන ගුරැවරියන්ට උපහාර පිදීමේ මහෝත්සවය අති උත්කර් ශවත් ලෙස පැවැත්වීමට සැලසුම් කරමින් සියළු සංවිධාන කටයුතු දැක් සිටම ආරම්භ කර ඇත.
මුල් ළමාවිය රැකවරණය සහ සංවර්ධනය පිළිබඳ දකුණු ආසියා අන්තර් ජාතික සංවිධානය සියළුම පළාත්වල පිහිටි පෙර පාසල් ඒකක/ මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර්ධන ඒකක/ මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිවල හවුල්කාරීත්වය ඇතිව මෙම උත්සවය පැවැත්වීමට අපේක්ෂා කරයි.
උත්තම ගුරැ අභිනන්දන පූජා – 2026″ මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර් ධන ගුරැවරියන්ට උපහාර පිදීමේ ජාතික උත්සවයේදී පිදුම් ලැබීමට අභිමන් ලැබීමට දිවයිනේ සෑම ප්රදේශීය ලේකම් කාර් යාල කොට්ඨාශයකින්ම පෙර පාසල් ගුරැවරියන් 05 දෙනෙකු ට අවස්ථාව උදාවනු ඇත.
ජාතික මහෝත්සවයේදී ගෞරවාදරයට සහ ඇගයීමට හිමිකම් ලබන ඔවුන් සම්මාන, පදක්කම් සහ සහතිකවලින් පිදුමු ලබනු ඇත.
මෙම ජාතික උත්සවයේදී පිදුම් ලැබීම සදහා අයදුම්කිරීමට දිවයින පුරා විසිරි සිටින අදාලා පළාතේ පෙර පාසල් ඒකකයේ/අධීකාරියේ ලියාපදිංචි පෙර පාසල්වල සේවය කරන ගුරැවරියන්ට හැකියාව ඇත. වැඩි විස්තර සදහා
“Utthama Guru Abhinandana Pooja”
(Supreme Teacher Appreciation Ceremony)
March 8, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
Colombo
A celebration to pay tribute to the teachers who have contributed to the development of early childhood.
March 8, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every March 8 is a special day for millions of women around the world. It is their day. It is the day when their rights are widely spoken about internationally and nationally. She is the lifeblood of the world. Like the rays of the sun, her sweat, labor, love, and compassion are the lifeblood of the world.
In addition to her roles as a mother, housewife, and daughter, she is also a professional, contributing to the economic flow by pouring her labor into the economy. She is also the carrier of culture, passing it on to the next generation. From the family to the wider society, she always carries the responsibilities of central roles in social contexts. Her management skills are exceptional. Her patience is exceptional. Her dedication is exceptional. Her sacrifice is exceptional.
However, whether she holds the rightful place and value in society is a topic of constant discourse everywhere. The theme for International Women’s Day 2026 is “Go.”
In conjunction with Women’s Day 2026, with the aim of paying tribute to the preschool teachers engaged in early childhood development across the country—becoming the second mothers to the nation’s young children and working tirelessly to build the nation with their time, effort, and sweat—all organizational activities have been initiated with the plan to hold the “Utthama Guru Abhinandana Pooja – 2026” festival to honor early childhood development teachers in a grand manner.
The South Asian International Association for Early Childhood Care and Development (SAIA4ECCD) is looking forward to organizing this event in partnership with Preschool Units/Early Childhood Development Units/Early Childhood Development Authorities in all provinces.
Five preschool teachers from each Divisional Secretariat Division across the island will have the opportunity to be honored at the National Ceremony for Honoring Outstanding Teachers of Early Childhood Development, “Utthama Guru Abhinandana Pooja – 2026.”
Teachers working in preschools registered with the Pre-School Unit/Authority of the respective province across the island can apply to be honored at this National Ceremony.
உத்தம குரு அபிநந்தன பூஜை – 2026 மகளிர் தின கொண்டாட்டம்
குழந்தைப் பருவத்தின் வளர்ச்சிக்குப் பங்களித்த ஆசிரியர்களைப் போற்றும் ஒரு கொண்டாட்டம்.
மார்ச் 8, 2026, காலை 10:00 மணி முதல் பிற்பகல் 2:00 மணி வரை
உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள மில்லியன் கணக்கான பெண்களுக்கு ஒவ்வொரு மார்ச் 8 ஆம் தேதியும் ஒரு சிறப்பு நாளாகும். இது அவர்களின் நாள். சர்வதேச அளவிலும் தேசிய அளவிலும் அவர்களின் உரிமைகள் பரவலாகப் பேசப்படும் நாள் அது. அவள் உலகின் உயிர்நாடி. சூரியனின் கதிர்களைப் போலவே, அவளுடைய வியர்வை, உழைப்பு, அன்பு மற்றும் இரக்கம் ஆகியவை உலகின் உயிர்நாடி.
ஒரு தாய், இல்லத்தரசி மற்றும் மகள் போன்ற பாத்திரங்களுக்கு மேலதிகமாக, அவர் ஒரு தொழில்முறை நிபுணராகவும் இருக்கிறார், பொருளாதாரத்தில் தனது உழைப்பைச் செலுத்துவதன் மூலம் பொருளாதார ஓட்டத்திற்கு பங்களிக்கிறார். அவள் கலாச்சாரத்தின் கேரியராகவும், அதை அடுத்த தலைமுறைக்குக் கடத்துகிறாள். குடும்பம் முதல் பரந்த சமூகம் வரை, சமூக சூழல்களில் மையப் பாத்திரங்களின் பொறுப்புகளை அவள் எப்போதும் சுமக்கிறாள். அவளுடைய நிர்வாகத் திறன்கள் விதிவிலக்கானவை. அவளுடைய பொறுமை அபாரமானது. அவளுடைய அர்ப்பணிப்பு விதிவிலக்கானது. அவளுடைய தியாகம் விதிவிலக்கானது.
இருப்பினும், அவர் சமூகத்தில் சரியான இடத்தையும் மதிப்பையும் பெற்றிருக்கிறாரா என்பது எல்லா இடங்களிலும் தொடர்ந்து விவாதிக்கப்படும் ஒரு தலைப்பு. 2026 ஆம் ஆண்டு சர்வதேச மகளிர் தினத்திற்கான கருப்பொருள் “செல்”.
2026 ஆம் ஆண்டு மகளிர் தினத்தை முன்னிட்டு, நாடு முழுவதும் குழந்தைப் பருவ வளர்ச்சியில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ள பாலர் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு மரியாதை செலுத்தும் நோக்கில் – நாட்டின் இளம் குழந்தைகளுக்கு இரண்டாவது தாய்மார்களாக மாறி, தங்கள் நேரம், முயற்சி மற்றும் வியர்வையால் தேசத்தைக் கட்டியெழுப்ப அயராது பாடுபடும் பாலர் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு மரியாதை செலுத்தும் நோக்கத்துடன், அனைத்து நிறுவன நடவடிக்கைகளும் “உத்தம குரு அபிநந்தன பூஜை – 2026” விழாவை பிரமாண்டமாக நடத்தும் திட்டத்துடன் தொடங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
International Conference on Quality Education – 2025
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
August 10th – 15th, 2025
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International Conference on Quality Education – 2025
Best Wishes for all Sri Lankan Participants
for International Performance
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