Early Childhood Development Virtual University......

The ECDVU is a training program that was established to address early childhood care and development. The website shares a variety of research reports that was done by students which include;

* Assessment of interaction and stimulation in single-mother low income families

* Curriculum development using community resources

* The status of coordination and supervision of early childhood education in Ghana

* Building community leadership for quality sustainability in Madrasa Preschools: The case of Madrasa Preschools post graduation support

* Pilot study of the adaptation of an established measure to assess the quality of child services in a selected orphanage in Zambia: The inclusive quality assessment (IQA) tool

What I find surprising is that there are numerous of programs in other countries that focus on the quality of life for children and their families. In fact, I have never heard of the different programs until I decided to further my education in the early childhood field. One fact that I was very interested in was ECDVU's aim to build capacity through identifying indigenous knowledge. The reason being is because I can recall choosing to define the word indigenous in my research chart :)

*Noteworthy information*

One piece of information that I wanted to share is that you have to be nominated by the early childhood development country committee in order to be accepted in the training program. Once accepted, students are required to complete six courses and must take on the duty to promote the program's capacity in their country and internationally.