National 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...
IECD holds certificate presentation ceremony for various stakeholders
A sixth group of Childminders received their certificates in a special event on Friday 27th September 2019 following an eight-week pre-registration and sensitisation training programme carried out by the Institute...
Children’s Day Message from the Institute of Early Childhood Development
On Children’s day we celebrate the lives of our children who are gifts for our future generation. Children thrive in an environment of unconditional love, where their laughter and contagious...
New group of Childminders attend training on the National Standards for Childminding Services
April 2017 was a busy month for the staff of the Regulatory Affairs Section at the Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD). Two training programmes were in full implementation stage...
Data Management Project in Early Childhood Care and Education
In Seychelles, like in many other small developing states, data may be readily available in various modes and from different sources. However, there is a need to improve data quality,...
Basic Paediatric First Aid Training for Childminders
Minor, or even major incidents are not unusual in any child care setting. Even with supervision, children frequently sustain scrapes, bruises, cuts, bites and falls in the normal course of...