Montego Bay Convention Centre
Rose Hall, Rose Hall Road, Montego Bay, JAMAICA
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Each day will offer plenary sessions, and workshops with practical demonstrations. Participants will be offered over 30 unique workshops that span the areas of ECD Global Perspectives. This Year’s Offering of PDI, themed, “High-Quality Early Childhood Care and Education: A Child’s Right Not a Service” includes the consideration of the following ideas which will find expression through the workshops, discussions, and plenary sessions which are being organised:
The workshops and sessions offered will be relevant and engaging and will facilitate several hundreds per session. The Professional Development Institute is another highly anticipated 5-day event that will be officially opened on the first day.
This year marks ECC’s sixth PDI is scheduled for May 19-23, 2025, and will be hosted face-to-face. The PDI is proposed to be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. The Keynote Address will be delivered by Rokoya Fall Diawara Education Specialist, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The programme will include interactive concurrent workshops and plenary sessions facilitated by experts in child rights and ECCE. The sessions will be organised under eight (8) tracks with their respective workshops and plenary sessions.
The PDI 2025 tracks are outlined below:
The aim of PDI 2025 is to raise awareness on children’s right to high quality early childhood care and education. The PDI will inform parents, practitioners and partners about the rights of the child as under the Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC), General Assembly Resolution 65/197 in so keeping with the achievement of Goal 1 of Vision 2030 “world-class education and training”. The specific objectives of the PDI 2025 are as follows:
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This year’s PDI promises to be our best ever. Come and network with like-minded professionals and organizations. Book your space today!