The International Conference on Quality Education 2024 will be held from July 28th to August 3rd 2024, in Colombo, Bandarawela and Kandy in Sri Lanka, with the participation of global leaders in education, school owners, principals, educators, teachers, and special VIPs from different countries.

The conference will focus on “empowering 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being in children by enhancing the quality of education through STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”

The themes of the conference will include:

• Early childhood and 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)

These are essential areas for rapid upgrading to develop skills necessary for the 21st century and the spiritual well-being of children.

Individuals must 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, employability, entrepreneurship, greening education, and mindfulness will be conducted by delegates and selected resource persons from now till end of the conference through online platforms as pre-conference activities. Educatoers are invited even for pre conference activities.

The physical conference will be held from July 28th till August 03rd, 2024 in Colombo, Bandarawela and Kandy in Sri Lanka.

At the physical conference, participants have the opportunity to receive awards for their excellence in performance during both the pre-conference and physical conference activities.

Keynote speakers and paper presenters will receive “Excellence performance in Quality Education” awards based on their performance at the physical conference.

“Excellence in service for Quality Education” awards will be granted to educators for their lifetime contribution to the field of education.

Schools will be honored with “Excellence in Performance” awards for their best practices.

Awards, Medals, and Mementoes will be granted by the State Minister of Education, Cabinet Ministers of Sri Lanka, Governors, and senior officers in Education.

School visits, model classroom sessions, interactive sessions, and cultural programs have also been scheduled to add color to the conference.

The conference serves as an international platform for global leaders in education to showcase their talents, best practices, and international contributions to upgrading the quality of education. It provides a valuable opportunity for all participants to build international networks and collaborate to empower their schools and institutes with standards of quality education.

Conference has been arranged in many different locations of the country to make opertunity to see the beauty of Sri Lanka.

All Participants will get unforgettable memories of the pearl of Asia through sightseeing and wonders of Nature. They will be eyewitness of SriLanka chapter of Ramayana. participants will earn lifetime unforgettable memories parallel to the conference.

The conference is limited to 100 educators, and selections will be based on early registrations, qualifications, and experience.

The conference is organized by the International Association for Quality Education (IAFQE) with colobaration of Privet Schools and Children Welfare Association – India, Institute of Excellence and Development (iED) – Bhutan and many  schools, institutes, and organizations around the world.

• The knowledge landscape in the world is changing rapidly. With various dynamic scientific and technological advances, children need multidisciplinary abilities to overcome the challenges of global society. However, the school system is facing challenges in fulfilling the needs of the global society effectively.
• The gap between the current state of learning outcomes and what is required must be bridged through 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 countries hinder major reforms.
• The STEAM education approach in schools, aimed at developing children with 21st-century skills and preparing them for a rapidly changing world, is not effectively implemented in classrooms in many schools. Curriculums, teaching-learning processes, and assessment and evaluation methodologies in schools are not being rapidly upgraded to align with STEAM education approaches and fast-moving global needs.
• Teacher empowerment and capacity-building mechanisms for educators and educational managers need to be upgraded to meet 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 address existing issues and shortcomings in quality education.
• Furthermore, there is a 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 adequately evaluated on international platforms.”

03. Vision:

Empower 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being in children, enhancing the quality of education by promoting STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.

04. Mission:

Establish international platforms and networks for stakeholders in education to enhance the quality of education by promoting STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness. Strengthen children to overcome challenges in a rapidly changing world with 21st-century skills and spiritual well-being, ensuring the sustainability of individuals, countries, and global society.

05. Objectives:

• Establish international platforms and networks to empower teachers, principals, and educators in STEAM education.

• Create international platforms and networks to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to promote STEAM education in the school system.

• Establish international platforms and networks to share best practices in promoting employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness in the school system to address challenges in modern society.

• Create international platforms and networks to share best practices, research findings, and innovative ideas to empower 21st-century skills and promote the spiritual well-being of children. (Spiritual well-being refers not to any particular religious or spiritual practice or ideology but to the overall quality of a human being.)

• Recognize and honor the dedicated services of educators for their contributions to new knowledge, research findings, sharing of best practices, and commitment to quality education.

• Recognize and honor the dedicated services of schools for their innovations, best practices, and educational leadership towards quality education.

• “Empower the school curriculum for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Empower teaching methodologies (pedagogical approaches) for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Empower assessment and evaluation systems for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Capacity development of teachers for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Empower leadership and school management for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Empower the quality and standards of schools for STEAM education, employability, entrepreneurship, green education, and mindfulness.”
• “Empower 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, green education, and mindfulness.

The conference is not merely a three-day event; it is an international project aimed at improving the quality of education. Numerous pre-conference activities have been scheduled from now until the end of the conference. Special national level capacity development project is being implemented and delegates have opertunity to share their best practices with thousands of thousands teachers in the Sri Lanka parallel to the conference. (https://saia4eccd.org/live) Delegates can showcase their talents even to the to the global society.

Some educatoers make request to join to the conference online. Based on the performance and academic contributions for pre-conference activities  they can fulfil the qualification to participate online in the conference and receive international awards for their academic contributions.

Delegates can engage in pre-conference activities according to their availability. They can share best practices, research findings, and competencies with stakeholders in the field of education worldwide. These activities, including panel discussions, interactive sessions, workshops, live interviews, and presentations related to school curriculum, pedagogical approaches, assessment and evaluation systems, teacher capacity development, leadership and school management, quality standards, research, and innovations, as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR), will be broadcasted live on social media. Subsequently, all recorded content will be uploaded to YouTube and educational websites.

These opportunities enable experts to contribute to global education quality enhancement and provide them with international recognition and platform for professional growth.

The conference offers educators, both experienced and young, the chance to acquire and disseminate knowledge, emerge as global leaders in education, and be recognized for their academic leadership.”

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 be keynote speakers
• To upgrade knowledge
• To build up new competencies
• To obtain 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
• For academic investments
• For collaboration work
• To receive appreciation and honor for performance
• To receive recognition for dedicated service in the field of education
• To receive awards for excellence in education

Category 01

Educators, school principals, in-service advisors, teachers, staff officers, pre-primary principals, and pre-primary teachers can participate in the conference physically, and showing performance can make them eligible for awards, medals, and certificates.

Based on their performance and academic contributions for pre-conference activities and capacity development projects, selected educators can participate online in the conference and receive awards for their academic contributions.

Benefits for Participants in Category 01:

• Participants can join pre-conference activities as resource persons or active participants.
• Participants can enhance their best practices through pre-conference activities.
• Participants can showcase their talents in STEAM education and other disciplines through pre-conference activities.
• Participants can gain international experience in quality education.
• Participants can build networks with educators in other countries.
• Participants can demonstrate their performance in group activities, project activities, and pre-conference activities within the global community.
• Participants can have opportunities to conduct or participate in live interviews and discussions.
• Participants can serve as moderators on an international platform.
• Participants can participate in interactive sessions and panel discussions at the physical conference. Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates will be given under category 

Based on the performance in both the pre-conference and physical conference, individuals can receive awards, mementos, medals, and certificates:

• Excellence in Performance for Quality Education – 2024
• Excellence in Service for Quality Education – 2024
• Change Agent for Quality Education – 2024
• Change Leader for Quality Education 2024
• Master Trainer on STEAM Education
• Change Leader for Child Development and Protection – 2024
• Change Agent for Child Development and Protection – 2024

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.
• Upon making the initial payment of 100 USD, 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, 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 deliver keynote speeches at the physical conference.
• Participants can present papers at the physical conference.
• Participants can engage in pre-conference activities to be eligible for awards such as the “International Contribution for Quality Education.”
• Participants will have 8 minutes for their presentations or speeches at the physical conference.

Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates under Category 02:

• Participants can self-nominate for the “Excellence in Education – 2024” awards.
• Their performance, academic and professional qualifications, and contribution to the field of education will be evaluated, and awards will be given.
• Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates for “Excellence in Education – 2024” will be presented to dynamic leaders in education at the international conference under the following titles:
  • Excellence in Keynote Speech for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Presentation for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Child Development and Child Protection 2024
  • Excellence in Leadership for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in National Contribution to Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in International Contribution to Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Publication for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Innovations for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Talk Show Hosting for Quality Education 2024
  • Excellence in Educational Entrepreneurship 2024
  • Excellence in International Educational Entrepreneurship 2024
  • Excellence in Global Leadership for Quality Education 2024

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 the “International Contribution to Quality Education” award should conduct 20 lectures (45 minutes each) 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 self-nominate for the “Excellence in Education” award.
• Details of the performance evaluation form will be assessed 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 the “Excellence in Education” award need to conduct three live presentations online to qualify for awards.
• If needed, self-nominated applicants for the “Excellence in Education” award 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 obtain more details related to their performance.”

Category 03

1. School owners and principals can apply under category 3.
2. Awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates will be granted under category 03.
3. Awards for excellence will be granted to schools for their performance. The awards are as follows:
   • Excellence in School Curriculums for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Teaching-Learning Methods for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Holistic Development of Children for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Assessment and Evaluation Systems for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Capacity Development of Educators for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in School Management for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Quality and Standards of the School 2024
   • Excellence in Schools with STEAM Education 2024
   • Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals 2024
   • Excellence in Greening Education for 21st Century Skills 2024
   • Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Quality Education 2024
   • Mindfulness and Happiness in Schools 2024

Selection criteria for awards under Category 03

• After schools submit applications for conferences under Category 03, the applications will be evaluated. (The school’s Facebook page and website will also be examined as primary factors in selecting a school for registration under Category 03).

• If the school meets the basic requirements, it will be notified by email to register for the conference and awards.

• By making an 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 data and best practices for evaluation for awards.

• During the school evaluation process for awards, 60% of the marks will be allocated based on the details provided in the performance evaluation form.

• To be eligible for awards, a school must deliver a presentation on its performance and best practices. (The presentation can be conducted live on Zoom, as a recorded video, or as a paper document).

• Based on the performance evaluation, the school will qualify for awards, mementos, medals, and certificates at the conference.

11. Registration Fee

Special Notice for Sri Lankan Applicants: 

• The registration fee is only LKR 30,000 for Sri Lankan educators.
• A limited number of teachers/educators will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Opportunities for individual or group presentations are available based on performance.
• You can earn awards with title “Active Participation and Best Performance” for your outstanding performance.
• Memento, Medal, and Certificate will be provided .
• Transport facilities will be provided for Bandarawela and Kandy from January 22nd until midnight on January 25th.
• Refreshments, lunch, and evening high-tea on conference days ((January 22nd, 23rd, 24th,),) are included in the registration fee. Other meals are not included.
• Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. However, accommodation and meals are available at very reasonable rates at the Uva Management Development Institute. It should be reserved in advance.
• Participants wishing to stay in hotels, they can reserve hotels near the venue. 
• Entrance fees at sightseeing spots (Adson Bangalore, Botanical garden, and a few other places) are not included.
• Uva teachers or Kandy ECCD teachers should not apply unless they have participated in a conference organized by SAIA4ECCD or IAFQE.

Special Notice for foreign applicants

• “Only 100 delegates (individuals and schools) will have the opportunity to participate in the conference.
• Registration will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, please complete your registration in advance.
• Registration can be completed by paying 100 USD; the remaining balance can be paid on or before the conference date.
• The registration fee includes only the conference fee, lunch and refreshments for conference days (January 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th), and the cost of awards, mementoes, medals, and certificates. transport facilities.
• In Sri Lanka good quality Breakfast/Lunch / Dinner or any meal can be purchased from 2 USD to 4 USD.
• Accommodation will be arranged at nominated hotels. Participants can book directly or through the organizing team. Accommodation is not included in the conference fee. Double occupancy with breakfast can be arranged from 100 USD upwards for 5 nights. and Dinner can be bought from hotel or outside from 2 to 4 USD.
• Facilities will be provided for airport pick-up and drop off.  Cost of airport pick up and drop off is not included to the conference fee.  The cost for airport- to Hotel may be around 10 – 15 USD for a 4 passengers Car.
• At the sightseen many places are free of charge. only few places like botanical garden will charge entrance fee. Entrance fee is not included to registration fee.
• If you want to arrange airport pick up, airport drop up, accommodation (double occupancy) for 5 days we can arrange it for 125 USD. (It is addition to the registration fee)

• “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 receive a payment acknowledgment 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 registration, the registered applicant will receive 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.”

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