On the occasion of Children’s Day yesterday, the Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD) together with the National Early Childhood Care and Education Trust and partners, held a handover ceremony in which day-care operators and registered...
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Early childhood services, professional centres and Sals set for re-opening
Day care centres, childminding services, professional centres and the School of Advanced Level Studies (Sals) are all set to reopen their doors on Monday May 11, as announced by President Danny Faure during his address on April 27 on the easing...
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All set for re-opening of child care centres
In preparation for the re-opening of child care facilities on May 11, 2020, following closure since March 23, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute for Early Childhood Development (IECD) held a half-day special information and...
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The financial assistance for registered day care and childminding services is a new initiative, recently announced by President Danny Faure in the State-of-the- nation address. From April this year, the government’s assistance will be offered to...
MoreFinancial help from government for children attending day care or registered child minders
In his State-of-the-nation address in February, President Danny Faure stated that as from April this year, all parents whose children are cared for by registered child minding or day care services will receive a financial assistance of...
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Daycare help for all children cared for by IECD-registered childminders starting April All children cared for by childminders registered with and operating under the standards set by the Institute of Early Childhood Development will as...
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First consultative meeting on the 14 standards proposed A national consultation and validation workshop on the draft national standards for centre-based child minding services (day care services) was held on Friday last week. The workshop...
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IECD had its first Childminders’ general meeting for this year on Saturday 15th February. As is customary, the meeting was concentrated on information sharing by the CEO and staff of the Institute to the Childminders. The focal points shared...
MoreNational validation workshop on the draft standards for centre-based childminding services
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and the Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD) in collaboration with key sectors in ECCE are organising a national consultation and validation workshop on the draft national...
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