Universal Children’s Day IECD launches awareness campaign, poem publication
In commemoration of Universal Children’s Day, the Institute for Early Childhood Development yesterday hosted a short ceremony at the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education in which it launched two important...
Home-based childminders benefit from Covid-19 resources
The National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Trust Fund, at the request of the Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD), has gifted home- based childminding services with resources so...
IECD holds annual evaluation workshop
Better coordination and management of projects at the level of sectors and mobilising funds to carry out these projects, with regard to early childhood care and education (ECCE) were some...
Parents to be automatically notified of status of childcare financial assistance
The 1,803 parents currently benefitting from the new government financial assistance for childcare can expect to be regularly notified of the payment status of the support through SMS messaging, through...
New training programmes to boost ECCE in Seychelles
Two new training programmes in childcare and early childhood education will be on offer as from next year in a bid to boost the educational qualifications of providers. Since 2015,...
Facility for early childhood care in Seychelles to be completed by 2022
(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles will this year see the construction of a UNESCO Global Category II Institute for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD). The announcement was made by...
Seychelles Chosen as a UNESCO Category II Centre for Early Childhood Development
Mrs. Shirley Choppy, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD), assumed the role in March 2011 during a Government restructuring, where early childhood development...
Ushering a new era of data management in early childhood education sector
The Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD) and the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development on Friday held a joint national workshop on data management in Early Childhood Care...
8th group of childminders attend pre-registration and sensitisation training on Mahé
The Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD), in partnership with other sectors from Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), has started the 8th training session for a group of 47...