SMART ECCD Center
SMART in SMART ECCD Center often means:
- S – Smart Learning: Using interactive and activity-based learning instead of only traditional teaching.
- M – Modern Technology: Use of digital tools such as tablets, smart boards, educational apps, and multimedia content.
- A – Active Learning: Encouraging children to learn through play, exploration, creativity, and hands-on activities.
- R – Responsive Teaching: Teachers adapt lessons based on each child’s needs, progress, and learning style.
- T – Transformational Environment: Creating a safe, engaging, and child-centered environment that supports holistic development.
Vision
To transform early childhood education in Sri Lanka into a technology-enabled, inclusive, and child-centered SMART learning ecosystem that ensures holistic development of every child.
Mission
To integrate STREAM education, digital tools, modern pedagogy, and stakeholder collaboration into ECCD centers nationwide, ensuring quality, equity, and continuous improvement through a unified national platform.
We invite all Sri Lankan ECCD teachers to collaborate in transforming ECCD centers into SMART ECCD Centers, while elevating the quality of services and the teaching–learning process to align with national and international standards.
SAIA4ECCD
Collaborative Projects
“Collaboration and the sharing of best practices are the most effective strategies to usher in a new era in the ECCD sector in Sri Lanka.”
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Core Concept: “SMART ECCD Framework”
S – Systematic Learning Standards
National ECCD curriculum aligned with child development stages Standardized learning outcomes across all centers Competency-based early learning framework
M – Modern Technology Integration
Digital classrooms (smart boards, tablets, learning apps) ECCD Learning Management System (LMS) Child digital portfolios and progress tracking AI-assisted learning analytics (future phase)
A – Active & Play-Based Learning
Learning through play, exploration, creativity, storytelling STREAM activities (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) Outdoor and experiential learning models
R – Responsive Teaching & Assessment
Continuous child assessment system (not exam-based) Teacher dashboards for individualized learning support Parent feedback and progress alerts Early identification of learning needs
T – Transformational Collaboration
Strong partnership between: ECCD teachers Parents Government institutions Universities and training institutes International ECCD organizations National knowledge-sharing network
If you would like to transform your ECCD center into a SMART ECCD Center, first register as a member of the SAIA4ECCD SMART School. Gain experience using the mobile app and SMART School system.
As a member of the SAIA4ECCD, you can participate in all activities free of charge. If you wish, you can also follow courses free of charge and obtain professional qualifications.
After gaining experience with the mobile app and SMART School system, you can convert your ECCD center into a SMART ECCD Center. Free of charge members can use mobile app . Click here to Register to be a member and get free access to SMART School mobile app.
Approved ECCD Training Institutes in Sri Lanka
The National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development (NSECD) is the national government institution responsible for promoting, coordinating, and regulating Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in Sri Lanka. It operates under the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and serves as the focal agency for ensuring the holistic development of children from birth to five years of age.
The Secretariat is responsible for formulating, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating national policies, programmes, and standards related to early childhood development. Its mission is to ensure that every child in Sri Lanka receives quality care, education, health, nutrition, protection, and opportunities for optimal development during the most critical years of life.
The National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development has registered institutes that conduct diploma courses related to early childhood education in Sri Lanka. Anyone wishing to work as an Early Childhood Development teacher or preschool teacher in Sri Lanka must be registered with the Provincial Early Childhood Development Authorities/Units in the relevant province.
To register, teachers are required to possess a diploma certificate from an institute approved by the National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development.
If you are planning to follow a diploma course related to early childhood education in order to become a preschool teacher or Early Childhood Development teacher, you should select one of the approved institutes.
If you choose any other institute to follow diploma courses, its certificates may not be accepted by the Provincial Early Childhood Development Authorities for registration as a preschool teacher.
Click here to obtain list of approved institutes and their details.