Horizon Campus tops list in delivering best degrees in Early Childhood Education

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With the high demand for graduates specialising in Early Childhood education, Horizon Campus has gained a strong reputation for excellence in topping the list of delivering one of the best Early Childhood Education degrees offered in Sri Lanka at present.

Awarded by Asia e University (Malaysia) and spanning a duration of three years, the degree is accredited by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and is internationally benchmarked and approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education and the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA).

With a multi-tiered curriculum combined with top-tier teaching opportunities, clinical experience and internships that allow graduates to engage fully with ‘real life’ scenarios, the courses are focused on innately understanding all aspects of dealing with the education of young children. Working with top scholar faculty members, the comprehensive course schedule covers education on the child’s environment, their cognitive and social development, child development, psychology, topics on classroom best practices, classes on assessment, foundations of education and curriculum planning and designing and managing childcare settings which meet the developmental needs, interests and abilities of young children, while providing them a safe and healthy environment.

With the solid partnerships that Horizon Campus has established with local schools and other educational settings means students are given the practical knowledge that include internships, specialty seminars and teaching opportunities that give them the tools needed to be successful in diverse educational settings, ranging from not only teaching young children, but also including those with special learning needs.

This degree therefore not only prepares students for education in early childhood education but also early childhood leadership and advocacy and business and management. Students benefit from an experienced lecture team who are made up of top professionals in the field.

Horizon Group of Companies Chairman Upul Dharanagama stated: “Since early childhood education sets the stage for the rest of a young person’s life, every area, emotional, physical, social, spiritual, and mental, translates into the growing demand for early childhood teachers. Teaching is anyway a noble profession, even a calling. To teach young children from birth to third grade requires energy, passion and commitment.

“The emotional, physical, and mental effort to teach the young requires robust training and moral perseverance. With increasing demand for quality teachers, coupled with research findings on the importance of early childhood development, our campus is geared to train smarter, better and higher-skilled teachers.to meet this challenge. Our overall aim is to prepare and produce competent teachers of young children and accomplished trainers that will meet the requisite talent our country badly needs for this very important profession.”