This online course developed by Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood (PAFEC), intends to introduce a course for students, teachers, parents, aspirants, caregivers, researchers, and entrepreneurs, to develop foundational understanding of Early Childhood Development, and Early Childhood Care and Education, focusing on the child’s development, learning, and care from zero to eight years of age.
The course encompasses early development, learning and care with a particular focus on discovering connections between theory, research, policy, and professional practice. The course aims to provide a clear understanding of the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive, language and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning, optimal development, and wellbeing.
The certificate course is designed to provide students a foundational qualification to become a specialized ECD/ECCE teacher, child care practitioner, advocate, entrepreneur, researcher, and a well-informed parent. The course will familiarize participants with the Single National Curriculum Framework on Early Childhood Care & Education, global best practices, Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on Goal 4.2, Nurturing Care Framework, UN Conventions on the Rights of the Children (with a focus on the four principles, i.e., best interest of a child, non-discrimination, survival and development, and participation) and health, nutrition standards for children between the ages of zero to eight.
