International Conference on Quality Education, 2024
“Capacity Development, Conferences, Networking, Expos,
and Awards on SDGs for Quality Education”
May 26th – 30th, 2024
At
New Delhi, India.
01. Introduction
The International Conference on Quality Education 2024 will be held on May 26th–30th 2024, in New Delhi, India, with the participation of global leaders in education, school owners, principals, educators, teachers, and special VIPs from different countries.
The conference will be focused on “empowering 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being in children by enhancing the quality of education by empowering STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
The themes of the conference will be based on:
- school curriculum
- teaching learning methods (pedagogical approaches)
- assessment and evaluation systems
- capacity development of teachers
- leadership and school management
- quality and standards of schools
- research and innovations
- corporate social responsibility (CSR)
which are compulsory to be upgraded rapidly to develop skills that are essential for the 21st century and the spiritual well-being of children.
Individuals have to face the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) situation of the present global society. The conference will emphasize ways to develop skills essential to the 21st century and spiritual well-being to overcome the competitiveness of global society.
The conference is not a single event. It is a process of upgrading the quality of education. Live interviews, discussions, presentations, and an online lecture series on STEAM education, as well as on employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness, will be conducted by delegates and selected resource persons from February through online platforms as pre-conference activities. The physical conference will be on May 26th–30th in New Delhi, India.
At the physical conference, participants have the opportunity to get awards for their excellence in performance for the pre-conference and the physical conference activities. Keynote speakers and paper presenters will get awards based on their performance at the physical conference. “Excellence in Education” awards will be granted to educators for their lifetime contribution to the field of education, and schools will also be honored with “Excellence in Performance” for their best practices.
School visits, model classroom sessions, interactive sessions, and cultural programs have also been scheduled to make the conference colorful.
The conference is an international platform for global leaders in education to show their talents, best practices, and international contributions to upgrading the quality of education. It is a good platform for all participants to build up international networks and work collaboratively to empower their schools and institutes with standards of quality education.
The conference is limited to 100 educators, and selections will be made based on early registrations, qualifications, and experiences.
The conference is organized by the International Association for Quality Education (IAfQE) and the South Asian International Association for Early Childhood Care and Development (SAIA4ECCD). With the colossal partnership. of many schools, institutes, and organizations around the world.
02. Problem Statement
- The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, to overcome the challenges of global society, children need multidisciplinary abilities. Practically, the school system is facing challenges to fulfill the needs of global society.
- The gap between the current state of learning outcomes and what is required must be bridged through undertaking major reforms that bring the highest quality, equity, and integrity into the system, from early childhood care and education to higher education. Lack of collaboration and international forums among the countries for major reforms.
- The STEAM education approach of schools to develop children with 21st-century skills and prepare them for a rapidly changing world is not practically implemented in classrooms at a satisfactory level in many schools.
- Curriculums, teaching-learning processes, and assessment and evaluation methodologies in schools are not being rapidly upgraded to be compatible with STEAM education approaches and fast-moving global needs.
- Teacher empowerment and capacity-building mechanisms for educators and educational managers should be upgraded to fulfill the needs of a dynamic society.
- There is a lack of motivation among educators for research and innovations to find solutions and new strategies to overcome existing issues and shortcomings in quality education.
- Lack of international platforms for educators to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to upgrade the quality of education.
- The dynamic service rendered by educators and the excellence of schools are not evaluated on international platforms at a satisfactory level.
03. Vision:
Empower 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being in children, enhancing the quality of education by empowering STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.
04. Mission:
Build up international platforms and networks for stakeholders in education to upgrade the quality of education by empowering STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness to strengthen children to overcome challenges in a rapidly changing world with 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being for the sustainability of them, countries, and global society.
05. Objectives:
- Build up international platforms and networks to strengthen teachers, principals, and educators in STEAM education.
- Build up international platforms and networks to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to empower STEAM education in the school system.
- Build up international platforms and networks to share best practices to empower the school system with employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness to overcome challenges in modern society.
- Build up international platforms and networks to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to empower 21st-century skills and the spiritual well-being of children. (Spiritual well-being refers not to any particular religious or spiritual practice or ideology but to the quality of a human being.)
- To honor the dedicated services of educators for new knowledge, research findings, sharing of best practices, and commitment to quality education.
- To honor the dedicated services of schools for their innovations, best practices, and education leadership towards quality education.
06. Themes of the conference
- Empower the school curriculum for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness.
- Empower teaching methodologies (pedagogical approaches) for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness.
- Empower assessment and evaluation systems for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness.
- Capacity Development of teachers for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness.
- Empower leadership and school management for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness.
- Empower the quality and standards of schools for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.
- Empower the research and innovations for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.
- Empower corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects in schools for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness.
07. Program Schedule:
May 26th, 2024 |
Arrival of the delegates |
May 27th, 2024 |
Inauguration ceremony, Address of the Chief Guest, Address of the Guest of Honor, Keynote speeches, paper presentations, presentations, interactive sessions, panel discussions, workshops, Awarding and honoring ceremonies |
May 28th, 2024 |
Inauguration ceremony, Address of the Chief Guest, Address of the Guest of Honor, Keynote speeches, paper presentations, presentations, interactive sessions, panel discussions, and workshops Awarding and honoring ceremonies |
May 29th, 2024 |
School visits, inauguration ceremony, Address of the Chief Guest, Address of the Guest of Honor, Panel Discussions, Interactive Sessions, Awarding and honoring ceremonies |
May 30th, 2024 |
Closing ceremony, drop-off to the airport |
08. Capacity Development – Pre-Conference Activities:
A conference is not a three-day event. It is an international project to improve the quality of education. A lot of pre-conference activities have been scheduled from February until the end of May 2024.
Opportunities for delegates who participate as Experts
Experts can participate in pre-conference activities according to their availability.
They can share best practices, research findings, and competencies with stakeholders in the field of education. They can share their innovative approaches with children, teachers, schools, and communities all over the world. All activities will be shared live on social media. Later, all converted videos and digital media productions will be uploaded to YouTube and educational websites.
They can participate in
- Panel discussions
- Interactive sessions
- Workshops
- Live interviews
- Live lectures
- Live presentations
In addition to that, the “International Quality Enhancement Project on SDG 4: Quality Education” is implemented as a pre-conference activity to develop master trainers in the following sectors:.
- Global Master Trainers to Empower “STEAM Education”
- Global Master Trainers to Empower “Education for Employability”
- Global Master Trainers to Empower “Education for Entrepreneurship”
- Global Master Trainers to Empower “Education for Mindfulness”
- Global Master Trainers to Empower “Education for Greening Education”
Educational experts who register for the conference are invited to deliver lectures on those master training programs; the “International Contribution for Quality Education” award will be given to them at the physical conference to honor their academic contribution.
Those are the opportunities for experts who register for the conference to upgrade the quality of education in global society. The physical conference will be an appreciation and an international platform for them to add a milestone to their professional lives.
(Educators who are unable to participate in the physical conference but are interested in joining as resource persons will also be considered for opportunities for capacity development projects.)
Opportunities for delegates who participate as Teachers and Young Educatoers
Teachers and educators who register for conferences under category 01 can participate in those lecture series, and if they fulfill the necessary assessments, they can be qualified as global master trainers or master teachers in those fields. Their performances will be published on YouTube and on separate web pages on professional websites. That is an opportunity for them to enhance their careers. They will fulfill their professional qualifications at the physical conference.
In addition to that, teachers and young educators who register for conferences can participate as moderators and interviewers for panel discussions, live interviews, live lectures, live presentations, workshops, and interactive sessions. They will get experience working on international platforms. They have opportunities to participate and lead sessions in the teachers parliament to brush up on their personalities and talents.
Opportunities have been created for experts as well as teachers and young educators to gain and share knowledge, to be global leaders in education, and to be honored for their academic leadership.
09. To whom:
To individuals
- Academic leaders, educational administrators, policymakers,
- School owners and senior managers
- School principals, teachers, and staff officers
- Pre-primary principals, teachers, and staff officers
- In service advisors, educators, curriculum developers,
- Lecturers, teacher trainers, and advisers
- Teachers, young educatoers
To Schools
- To share best practices of the school with global communities
- To add value to school in international platform
- To get honors and awards, medals, mementoes, and certificates for the best practices of school
- To get honors, awards, medals, mementos, and certificates for excellence in education.
- To build up networks with global education leaders.
- To build up networks with schools, institutes, and universities
- Academic investments
- For collaboration work
- To submit research papers
- To publish research papers
- To do paper presentations
- To do keynote speakers
- To upgrade knowledge
- To build up new competencies
- To get professional qualifications
- To share best practices
- To share research findings
- To be a member of international panel discussions.
- To be a resource person in international workshops
- To build up networks with global education leaders.
- To build up networks with schools, institutes, and universities
- Academic investments
- For collaboration work
- To get appreciation and honor for performance
- To get an honor for dedicated service in the field of education.
- To get awards for excellence in education
10. How can you apply
Applications can be submitted in three categories.
Category 01
School principals, teachers, and staff officers, pre-primary principals, teachers and staff officers, in-service advisors, and educators can apply.
Benefits to the participants under Category 01
- Participants can join pre-conference activities as learners, resource persons, or active participants.
- Participants can brush up on their knowledge through pre-conference activities.
- Participants can build up their competencies in STEAM education and other disciplines in pre-conference activities.
- Participants can get international experience in quality education.
- Participants can share the best practices of other countries.
- Participants can show their performance in group activities, project activities, and pre-conference activities.
- Participants can get opportunities to conduct live interviews and discussions.
- Participants can be moderators on an international platform.
- Participants can participate in interactive sessions and panel discussions at the physical conference.
Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates under category 01.
- Participants can get professional qualifications such as Master Trainer or Master Teacher in STEAM Education.
- Participants can get appreciation for their competencies.
- Participants can get awards, mementos, medals, and certificates for their performance.
- Participants can get awards, mementos, medals, and certificates for their lifetime contribution to the field of education.
Selection criteria
- Interested individuals should submit online applications under category 1.
- Applications will be evaluated. If applicants have fulfilled the basic requirements, they will be notified by email to register for the conference.
- By making the initial payment of 100 USD, the applicants can register for the conference under category 1.
- All information related to pre-conference activities, physical conferences, and performance evaluation systems will be shared through the WhatsApp group.
Category: 02
School owners and senior managers, school principals, teachers, and staff officers, pre-primary principals, teachers and staff officers, in-service advisors, educators, curriculum developers, lecturers, teacher trainers and advisers, academic leaders, educational administrators, and policymakers can apply under Category 02
Benefits to the participants under Category 02
- Participants can give keynote speeches at the physical conference.
- Participants can do paper presentations at the physical conference.
- Participants can join pre-conference activities as a way to get awards such as “International contribution for quality education.”
- Participants will get 8 minutes for their presentations or speeches at the physical conference.
Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates under category 02
- Participants can nominate themselves for “Excellence in Education” awards.
- Their performance, academic and professional qualifications, and contribution to the field of education will be evaluated, and awards will be given.
- mementoes, medals and certificates for “Excellence in Education” will be granted at the international conference in the areas of
- Excellence in keynote speeches
- Excellence in paper presentation
- Excellence in leadership for quality education
- Excellence in National Contribution to Quality Education
- Excellence in International Contribution to Quality Education
- Excellence in publication for quality education
- Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility for Quality Education
- Excellence in Innovations for Quality Education
- Excellence talk show host for quality education
- Excellence in educational entrepreneurship
Selection criteria for awards under Category 02
- Awards will be granted based on performance in the field of education, national and international-level contributions to the field of education, and academic and professional qualifications.
- Applications should be submitted online under Category 2.
- The applications will be evaluated. If applicants have fulfilled the basic requirements, they will be notified by email to register for the conference under Category II.
- By making the initial payment of 100 USD, the selected applicants can register for the conference under category II.
- Paper presenters and keynote speakers should participate in three live interviews related to the topic.
- Applicants for “International contribution to quality education” should do 20 lectures ( 45-minute) on quality education on a virtual platform to be eligible for the award
- Applicants should participate in at least three panel discussions in pre-conference activities.
- A performance evaluation form will be sent to applicants who are self-nominated for “Excellence in Education.”
- Details of the performance evaluation form will be evaluated by the panel based on their academic qualifications, professional qualifications, leadership in education, contributions to the field of education, national and international performance, etc.
- Self-nominated applicants for “Excellence in Education” need to do three live presentations online to be qualified for awards.
- If needed, self-nominated applicants for “Excellence in Education” will be invited for a live interview in front of the selection panel.
- If needed, a live interview will be conducted with the applicants to clarify or get more details related to their performance.
Category 03
School owners and principals can apply under category 3.
Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates under category 03
Awards for excellence will be granted to the schools for their performance on
- Excellence in School Curriculums for 21st Century Skills
- Excellence in teaching learning methods for 21st century skills
- Excellence in Holistic Development of Children for 21st Century Skills
- Excellence in Assessment and Evaluation Systems for 21st-Century Skills
- Excellence in Capacity Development of Educators for 21st Century Skills
- Excellence in School Management for 21st-Century Skills
- Excellence in “Quality and Standards” of the School
- Excellence School with STEAM Education
- Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals
- Excellence in Greening Education for 21st Century Skills
- Mindfulness and happiness in the school.
Selection criteria for awards under Category 03
- After the schools submit applications for conferences under Category 03, the applications will be evaluated. (The school Facebook page and school website will also be examined as primary keys to selecting a school for registration under category 03).
- If the school has fulfilled the basic requirements, it will be informed by email to register for the conference and awards.
- By making the initial payment of 100 USD, the school can register for the conference. One educator can participate in the conference to represent the school free of charge.
- After registration, a performance evaluation form will be sent to the school to collect performance and best practices to evaluate for awards.
- At the school evaluation process for awards. 60% of the marks will be allocated according to the details of the performance evaluation form.
- A school should do a presentation on performance and their best practices to be eligible for awards. (The presentation can be done as a live presentation on Zoom, recorded video, or paper document.).
- According to the performance, the school will be qualified for awards, mementos, medals, and certificates at the conference.
11. Registration Fee
Category |
For Indians |
SAARC Countries |
Other Countries |
Category 01: Paper Presenters, Presenters, Members of Panel Discussions, Resource Persons for Workshops. |
150 USD 75USD* |
300 USD |
400 USD |
Category 02: Individuals who apply for “Excellence in Education” awards |
200 USD |
400 USD |
500 USDp |
Category 03: Schools |
350 USD |
500 USD |
600 USD |
Special Notice
- Only 100 delegates (individuals and schools) will get the opportunity to participate in the conference.
- The above registration fee is a discount rate for the first fifty applicants. For others, 25% will be added to the above registration fee. Registration will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, complete your registration in advance.
- Registration can be done by paying 100 USD; the balance can be paid on or before May 10th.
- The registration fee includes only the conference fee, lunch, refreshments, and dinner for conference days, as well as the cost of awards.
- The registration fee is 75 USD only for Indian educators and teachers who participate in the conference as observers or attendees. They will only get the participation certificate, memento and medal.
- Hotels for accommodation will be nominated. Participants can book directly or through an organizing team. It is not included in the conference fee. Double occupancy with breakfast can be arranged from 60 USD upwards for 4 nights in New Delhi, India.
- Facilities will be arranged for airport pick-up and drop-off. Airport-to-hotel costs may be around 2 or 3 USD per head. It is not included in the conference fee.
12. Registration process
- Principals, teachers, pre-primary teachers and principals, in-service advisors, educators, curriculum developers, academic leaders, educational administrators, and policymakers can apply under Certificates 01 or 02.
- School owners and principals can apply under category 3.
- Submit the online application form.
- The Academic Committee will evaluate all applications.
- The Academic Committee will recommend applicants’ suitability to participate in the conference.
- IAFQE will inform applicants by email of their eligibility to participate in the conference.
- The total conference registration fee, or initially, 100 USD from the registration fee, needs to be paid to complete the application process.
- Applicants have to submit their payment details.
- Applicants will get a payment acknowledgement receipt and registration number by email after submitting payment details.
- You need to submit the registration form to complete the registration process: https://www.iafqe.org/registration/.
- Registered applicants will be added to the “International Conference 2024 Delegates Community” WhatsApp group. All guidance and information will be shared directly through the WhatsApp group.
- After the registration, the registered applicant will get permission to access https://www.iafqe.org/portal.
- All guidance will be updated on the delegate portal web page.
- Registered delegates can pay the balance of the registration fee by bank transfer on or before May 10th.
13. Apply online:
Visit www.iafqe.org/application
or click here
to submit an application.
14. Organized by
International Association for Quality Education (IAfQE) | |
South Asian International Association for Early Childhood Care and Development (SAIA4ECCD) |
15.Hosting Partner
16. Project consultancy
Hon. Dr. Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Transport and Highways, Sri Lanka Minister of Media, Sri Lanka Former minister of Education and Higher Education, Sri Lanka | |
Hon. Geetha Samanmalee Kumarasinghe, State Minister, Ministry of Women, Child Affairs, and Social Development, Sri Lanka | |
Hon. Arun Kumar State Minister of Education, Sri Lanka | |
MRS. J. M. THILAKA JAYASUNDARA SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIES, SRI LANKA |
17. Invitation for a hosting partnership, a collaboration partnership, or sponsorship
The greatest gratitude one can give for education is to contribute and strengthen a generation of teachers to give wisdom to another generation. If it is a contribution to a cause without a profit motive, its implications are immense. The international conference is a vessel that gathers new knowledge and opens new avenues to disseminate education in new directions. It is an international project showcase. Benefits will go to individuals, schools, communities, and countries.
It is a contribution to bring education to an unprecedented level, not only in one school or one village in one country, but in all countries in the world.
If you can contribute as a hosting partner, collaboration partner, sponsor, or in any way as a university, educational institution, school, or business entity, that investment will benefit you for centuries. We invite you to be part of the pre-conference activities and the physical conference. You can make academic contributions, infrastructure investments, and financial contributions.
In addition to the spiritual happiness of your contribution, you will also gain economic value.
- Your logo and brand name will be published in all creative posts and banners.
- Your logo will be published in all video and digital productions.
- All creative posts will be shared daily on thousands of social media platforms, even with the logos and brand names of your organization.
- You will have the opportunity to promote your logo and brand name in pre-conference activations.
- We have more than 50,000 email addresses of schools in South Asian countries. All creatives, banners, AI videos, and academic activities will be disseminated to all email addresses with your logo and brand name.
- We have more than 25,000 WhatsApp numbers for schools and educators. All creatives, banners, AI videos, and academic activities will be disseminated to all email addresses with your logo and brand name.
- Lectures, panel discussions, keynote speakers, presentations, and all academic activities will be published on official YouTube channels periodically. Your logo and brand names will be there forever with your YouTube videos.
- Your logo and brand name will be published creatively in auditoriums and display areas at the physical conference.
- You will have the opportunity to introduce your university or institute to the delegates at the physical conference.
- You can be a facilitator for a physical conference.
- Your contribution, sacrifice, collaboration, partnership, and hosting will be honored at the physical conference.
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19. Visa, Flight Details, Logistic Facilities and Hotel Arrangements
Guidance for Visa
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Details of the Hotel Arrangements
Details of the Hotel : will be updated soon.
Logistic Details
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